Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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HON. EDWIN F. UHL

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I-lon. Edwin F. Uhl O ALUMNUS of the Ypsilanti High School-known in the old days as the Ypsilanti Union Seminary- has shed more lustre upon his Alma Mater than Edwin F. Uhl, of tl1e class of 1858. Two years ago, when tl1e School celebrated its.semi-centennial, he presided at the banquet, and manifested his strong attachment for tl1e School and his interest in its wel- fare. The recent death of Mr. Uhl, after a long and painful illness, has drawn general attention to his distinguished career, and it seems most fitting at this time to give prominence to his life and character. It is not easy to condense into a few pages, the record of a life which might well fill a volumeg and only the most salient points can be even mentioned. Honorable Edwin F. Uhl was born in the town of Rush, near Avon Springs, in the State of New York, August 14, 1841, and removed with his parents to Michigan in 1844. His father, David M. Uhl, made his home on a farm 011 the plains just east of Ypsilanti, where he continued to reside until a few years since. When Edwin was about thirteen years of age, he entered the Ypsilanti Union Seminary, and was not quite seventeen when he completed his preparatory course, and became an Alumnus of tl1is High School. During the years that l1e was a member of tl1e School, his work was characterized by faithful and diligent attention to his studies, rather than by especial brilliancy, although he was one of the most proficient students in the School. He was, perhaps, best known for his brilliant oratorical