Henry Martin Loud (December 11, 1824—May 13, 1905) was a Michigan lumber magnate, politician, lay Methodist preacher, and philanthropist. Loud was born in Westhampton, Massachusetts and graduated from the Boston University School of Theology (then the Concord Biblical Institute) in 1857.BUSTH History
Following his work in the ministry, Loud became the founder and long-time president of H. M. Loud & Sons Lumber Co. of Oscoda, Michigan.American Lumbermen Volume 2,1906Henry Martyn Loud, 1824-1905 A Republican, Loud also served as Mayor of Au Sable, Michigan for one term and accepted a nomination for the United States Congress.Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century Loud was a contributor to the Bayview Association of the United Methodist Church "a pioneering institution in public education" which bears a building—Loud Hall —in his name. Loud was president of White Iron Lake, Iron And Water Power CompanyThe Iron Ores of Minnesota: Their Geology, Discovery, Development, pg. 349 and owned 500 acres of land in Paloma, California for citrus farming.America's Successful Men of Affairs, pg. 513Los Angeles Herald, Volume 32, Number 149, 7 September 1889
H. M. Loud & Sons was established in 1885 with stock of the Au Sable & North Western Railroad incorporated in 1891. The Board of the Loud lumber company (following Henry M. Loud as president) was as follows: George A. Loud—Vice President Henry Nelson Loud—Secretary Edward F. Loud—Treasurer William Fairchild Loud—Clerk
Henry Martin Loud served as a trustee for Albion College and endowed a $30,000 scholarship.History of the Lumber and Forest Industry of the Northwest, pg. 163 in 1897, Loud started the Loud Lectureship for the Wesley Foundation at the University of Michigan.Tiya Miles, The H. M. Loud Lecture Loud has appeared in "Who's Who in America" Volume III (1903-1905),Who's Who in America Volume III, pg. 921 as well as publications on Lumbermen, and Michigan Entrepreneurs.America's Successful Men of Affairs, pg. 513 A decedent of Clan MacLeoid of Scotland by his father Austin Loud, his lineage also traces to Jonathan Brewster (eldest son of Elder William Brewster and Mary Brewster of the Mayflower Voyage).Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Caleb LoudHenry Martyn Loud, 1824-1905
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