Francis Brown Stockbridge was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there. He clerked at a wholesale house in Boston 18431847. He then moved to Chicago and opened a lumber yard. In 1851 he moved to Saugatuck, Michigan and engaged in the operation of sawmills. He was also interested in mercantile pursuits.
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