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Hillsdale-Jackson County MI Archives Deaths.....Sweets, Edward C. September 28, 1945
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Name: Sweets, Edward C.
Date Of Death: September 28, 1945 Time: 4:15 p.m.
Place Of Death: Jackson, Jackson County, MI
Residence: 753 Douglas St., Jackson, MI
Gender: Male
Race: W
Age: 64 yrs., 9 mos., 26 days
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Sweets, Wyoma
Date Of Birth: December 2, 1880
Place Of Birth: Kentucky
Mother's Name: Buckman, Harriett Ellen
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Father's Name: Sweets, Thomas Jefferson
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Cause Of Death: Carcinoma of left lung
Hospital: Unavailable
SS Number: Unavailable
Occupation: Bell Telephone Co.
Funeral Home: Wetherby Funeral Home, Jackson, MI
Doctor: Unavailable
Coroner: Unavailable
Informant: Wyoma Sweets (wife)
Date Of Burial: October 1, 1945
Place Of Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Jackson, MI
Date Recorded: October 1, 1945
Source Of Record: Certificate of Death
Certificate No.: State File No. 875, Local File No. 623
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Obituary: Newspaper: Jackson Citizen Patriot, Sept. 29, pg. 5 and Sept. 30,
1945, pg. 25.
Edward C. Sweets - Passed away Friday evening at his home, 753 Douglas
St. Survived by his wife Wyoma; two daughters, Mrs. Lorraine Melville and
Beverly Burmeister of Jackson; one son, Lt. Russell Sweets of the U.S. Army;
two sisters of Toledo, OH; eight grandchildren. Mr. Sweets is at the Wetherby
Funeral Home. He was a Spanish American War Veteran. Services will be Monday
at 3:00 pm. Interment: Woodland Cemetery.
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Lapeer-Washtenaw-Macomb County MI Archives Biographies.....Schanck, John 1838 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
JOHN SCHANCK. This prominent and successful farmer, whose property is situated
on section 29, Dryden Township, Lapeer County, was born in Clarkson Township,
Monroe County, N. Y., January 9, 1830. His father, David Schanck, was a native
of New Jersey, where lie followed farming, and was married to Ellen Sutphen, a
native of same State as himself. Shortly after their marriage, they removed to
New York, and sometime in the '20's located on a farm in Clarkson Township,
where they remained until they came to Michigan in 1834. Here they took up land
in Washtenaw County, and with his father-in-law, Mr. Schanck, built a log house,
which became their home until they removed to Macomb County, where he died at
the age of sixty-seven years, and his wife also passed away at the same age.
They were the parents of six daughters and four sons, all of whom are now living
in their own homes within a day's journey of each other.
A lad of four years when his parents migrated to Michigan, Mr. Schanck
remained with his father assisting on the farm until he reached the age of
twenty-seven years. He early took hold of the heavy work of the farm and drove
an ox-team from the time he could carry a whip. His marriage, which took place
January 24, 1875, brought to his home a worthy helpmate in the person of Mrs.
Alydia C. Wilbur, daughter of Uriah and Abigail (Pear) Townsend, who was born in
Washington, Macomb County, Mich., December 23, 1829, and was at the time of her
marriage with our subject, the widow of. Caleb Wilbur, Jr. She has by her first
marriage seven children: Jerry N., who lives in Dryden Township; Oren Hiatt, who
resides in Dakota; Alvina A., also a resident of Dryden Township; Ira E. and Ida
N., twins, the latter being now the wife of E. E. Haines; Eunice A. and Melvina
M., deceased. Mr. Wilbur died in 1873.
Mr. Schanck and his brother Henry located in Dryden Township in 1856, and then
built the first shanty that was put up on the place, living there for some five
years with their sister to keep house for them. Their father had been one of the
earliest settlers in the township. Mrs. Schanck is now the oldest surviving
settler in Lapeer County, and her father cut one of the first roads through the
timber. Mr. Schanck is a Democrat in his political faith, but is not bound by
the dictum of party leaders, as he uses his own judgment in deciding who is the
best man for any office. He has a fine tract of one hundred and sixty acres, and
owns together with Ira E. Wilbur another farm of two hundred and forty-six
acres, where they are carrying-on general farming, and upon which is one barn,
40x54 feet with sheds connected 75 feet long, a granary 20x26 feet, another
30x40, a shed measuring 30 feet, and another 40x50 feet. He keeps good horses
and other stock, and his farm is all paid for, so that he does not owe any man a
dollar. Mrs. Schanck's son, Ira E. Wilbur, who resides with them, has a farm of
his own of eighty-six acres. Elsewhere in this volume appears a view of the
pleasant homestead of Mr. Schanck.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Tuscola-Saint Clair County MI Archives Biographies.....Merrill, Joshua F. 1838 -
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JOSHUA F. MERRILL. He who furnishes vehicles and beasts of burden for the
traveling public and those whom business or pleasure take out along highways,
bears the name as given above. He is a son of Joshua Merrill, a native of
Windsor, Me. He was there reared and educated and was married to Miss Mary
Rackliff, a native of Maine. From that union ten children were born, three sons
and seven daughters. Mr. Merrill, Sr., came to Michigan in 1855 and settled in
St. Clair County, and later came to Tuscola County, where he died in Millington,
in 1870. His wife still survives and is seventy-three years of age.
Our subject's father was a man of irreproachable morals and most regular
habits and one who was greatly respected by the community in which he lived. He
was Supervisor of Millington Township for one term. Our subject was born March
7, 1838, in the Pine Tree State and was there reared until seventeen years of
age when he came to Michigan with his parents, residing at home until
twenty-seven years of age.
Our subject was married in Millington to Miss Mary J. Guthrie, a native of
Detroit. Her father was a teacher of music in Detroit, and there died. The
mother died in Fentonville, Mich. To our subject and his wife have been
vouchsafed the care and guidance of six children, of whom five are living at the
present time. They are Jessie, a graduate of the National College at Bay City;
Alta E., Phronia, Homer O. and Roy, all of whom are at home. The eldest child,
George, died at an early age.
Our subject has been a lumberman and farmer. Until recently he owned a farm of
eighty acres. This, however, he sold and then engaged in the hotel business at
Millington, being very successful in his venture as host. He sold out, however,
and is at the present time engaged in the livery business. Socially he is a
member of Lodge, No. 319 I. O. O. F. of Millington. Politically, he is a
Democrat and has always been one. He has never had any desire to fill public
office, finding it quite as much as he wishes to do to manage his own affairs
successfully without thinking of others' government.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Genesee-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Siebenhar, William 1830 -
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WILLIAM SIEBENHAR. There is no more representative man among the thrifty,
intelligent and public spirited German-American citizens of Genesee County, than
the one whose name we now give to our readers, whose farm is located on section
25, Atlas Township. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 1, 1830, and is a son
of Conrad and Margaret Siebenhar, both natives of Germany.
When in his thirteenth year, our subject migrated to America with his mother
and the other members of the family, his father having preceded them by three
years. For a number of years they resided in Erie County, N. Y., and the boy
supplemented his fair German education by a good knowledge of English which he
picked up after coming to this country.
The marriage of William Siebenhar and Louisa Weater a native of Prussia,
Germany, took place September 22, 1855, and to them have been granted seven
children, five of whom are living, namely: Amelia, wife of Lewis Sweers;
Charles, Frank, Edwin and Lewis. It was in 1873 that he came to Atlas Township,
Genesee County, from Oakland County, this State, where for several years he has
made his home. His line farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres of land in
good condition.
Our subject is public spirited and enterprising, and has done much work for
the school district, of which he has been Moderator for three years, and it is
mainly through his exertion that the fine school building was erected in his
district. He is also a member of the Lutheran Church. In connection with farming
he raises a good grade of American-Merino sheep.
Mr. Siebenhar showed his devotion to his adopted country, by enlisting March
15, 1862, in Company E, Seventy-eighth New York Infantry. It became a part of
the Army of the Potomac, the first general commander being George B. McClellan,
and took part in the battles of Harper's Ferry, Cedar Mountain, Anteitam, and
others of minor importance. On account of physical disability he received his
honorable discharge in September, 1864, after which he returned to New York, and
subsequently came to Oakland County, Mich. He is identified with the Ortonville
Post of the Grand Army, and receives a pension of $14 a month from the
Government. Mr. Siebenhar is well-known for his sterling integrity, a
characteristic handed down to him through generations of sturdy Teutonic
ancestry, and enjoys the confidence of the business community.
Additional Comments:
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Hillsdale-Jackson County MI Archives Deaths.....Myers, Amanda March 21, 1952
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Name: Myers, Amanda
Date Of Death: March 21, 1952 Time: 11:30 a.m.
Place Of Death: Hillsdale County, Michigan
Residence: Montgomery, Hillsdale County, MI
Gender: Female
Race: W
Age: 67 yrs., 1 mo., 18 days
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Myers, Jacob
Date Of Birth: February 3, 1885
Place Of Birth: Kentucky
Mother's Name: unknown, unknown
Mother's Birthplace: unknown
Father's Name: Morgan, Gilbert
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Cause Of Death: Cardio Reporatory Failure
Hospital: Hillsdale Community Hospital
SS Number: Unavailable
Occupation: Housekeeper
Funeral Home: H. L. Beams, Freemont, Indiana
Doctor: Unavailable
Coroner: Unavailable
Informant: Jacob Myers, Montgomery, MI
Date Of Burial: March 24, 1952
Place Of Burial: Berg Cemetery, Hillsdale, MI
Date Recorded: April 1, 1952
Source Of Record: Certificate of Death
Certificate No.: State File No. 52, Local File No. 7
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Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Thomson, Daniel 1822 -
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DANIEL THOMSON. There is quite a little colony of Scotch settlers in Almont
Township, Lapeer County, and here in the fertile fields of Michigan these
descendants of Gallic tribes, whose ancestors perhaps have been illustrated in
the annals of the past, have settled down to quiet agricultural life. He of whom
we write is a native of Paisley, and brought with him to this country the sturdy
independence and the provident way of the inhabitants of that busy manufacturing
town. Mr. Thomson is now a resident on section 13, Almont Township, where he has
one hundred and sixty acres of fine and fertile land. He is besides the owner of
eighty acres in St. Clair County, all of which is in a good state of cultivation.
Our subject was born December 12, 1822. He is a son of Dougal and Margaret
(Smith) Thomson, now deceased. While our subject was still in his native land he
learned to weave Paisley shawls. May 31, 1848, he was married to Miss Janet
Wilie, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (McClaren) Wilie, both natives of
Paisley, where the lad.y was born in 1823. Two days after the solemnization of
their marriage, our subject started for America, leaving his wife in Scotland
until he should get located. Immediately after coming here he was engaged in
weaving at New Ipswich, remaining there about a year, during which time his wife
came over. He also worked at Blackston, Mass., and in Bristol and North
Providence, R. I., moving to Almont in February, 1855. He settled at once upon a
farm previously purchased by his father, who came to this country May 15. The
parents and two sisters all died inside of three years.
At the time of coming to Michigan our subject and his wife had become the
parents of two children. In 1866 his wife died and some time later Mr. Thomson
married Mrs. Margaret Gemmell, whose maiden name was McArthur. In 1879 they were
burned out, saving nothing except their lives. By the former marriage there have
been six children-Elizabeth, Margaret, Janet, Ellen, James W. and William B.
Elizabeth is the wife of George Bowen and lives in Imlay City; Margaret became
the wife of William B. Wallace and died December 8, 1880; Janet is the wife of
Thomas B. Wallace and lives at Denver, Col.; Ellen died February 24, 1881; James
W., the fifth child, was born March 4, 1860, at the time when the days were
troublous, and armies were gathering to settle an impending question of great
importance. He received a common-school education. He has been reared on the
farm and in the simplicity of rural life. Reared with a belief in the principles
of the Democratic party, which are those his father holds, James gives the
weight of his vote and influence in that direction. He has, however, never been
an office-seeker.
James W. was married October 29, 1890, to Miss Elizabeth Ann Whyte, of
Montreal, Canada. She was born in Greenock, Scotland, March 5, 1859, and is a
daughter of Robert and Margaret (Barr) Whyte, who were both born in Paisley,
Scotland; her father died August 13, 1891, being at that time sixty-three years
of age. The mother was born in April, 1828, and still makes her home in
Montreal. Our subject's youngest son, William D., was born April 14, 1862. He
was married April 2, 1889, to Miss Janet Mitchell, of Almont; she is a daughter
of John and Jane (Shepherd) Mitchell. They have one child, a daughter, whose
name is Maggie.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Lapeer-Oakland-Livingston County MI Archives Biographies.....Coryell, Abe B. 1821 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
ABE B. CORYELL. Metamora Township, Lapeer County, has been largely peopled by
families moving from the East. Among these may be named the family of the father
of our subject which settled in Lapeer County at an early day. His father's name
was George Coryell and he was a native of New Jersey, moving to Seneca County,
N. Y., when but a boy. By trade he was a blacksmith. His wife, Eliza (Sherwood)
Coryell, was a native of Herkimer County, N. Y. They were married in Steuben
County, of the same State, moving into Livingston County, about 1827. In 1845
Mr. Coryell moved to Michigan, settling in Orion Township, Oakland County, where
he remained for two years working at his trade of a blacksmith. In 1847 he came
to Lapeer County and settled on a part of the present farm which was then all
wild land. On this farm he remained until his death which took place in 1875 his
wife having preceded him to the better land in 1854.
After his wife's death Mr. Coryell was married for a second time and no children
have been the result of this marriage. His first wife was the mother of ten
children, nine of whom are now living. He was a member of the Baptist Church,
while his wife belonged to the Methodist Episcopal. He spent his time in tilling
his farm and also took a great interest in politics, having been first a Whig
and afterward a Republican. He filled the office of Highway Commissioner for two
years.
Our subject was born in Seneca County, N. Y., August 7, 1821. He grew to
manhood in New York, receiving there a district-school education. He began for
himself at the age of twenty-one, when he learned the carpenter's trade. He was
married November 20, 1847, to Miss Catherine Hummer, a native of New Jersey. She
was born August 11, 1826. Her family came to Michigan in 1844. At the time of
his marriage Mr. Coryell lived in Orion Township, where he worked at his trade.
He then came to this county in 1848 locating on a farm which was all wild land.
On this he built a small log shanty, still working at his trade and hiring men
to clear off his farm, on which he has lived continuously every since. He was a
poor man when he crime to this county but through hard work has acquired a nice
property of one hundred and sixty-seven acres, ninety of which are under
cultivation. All the present buildings on the farm are his own construction. He
carries on a general farming business and is very successful. He and Mrs.
Coryell are the parents of six children, four of whom are now living. George B.,
is married to Jane Abrams, and lives in Bay City; they have two children.
Frantina E. wife of A. D. Webster, is the mother of three children. Milton, who
was married to Eda Gall, lives at Reese with one child, and the youngest, Kitty,
lives at home with her parents. The children have all had a good district-school
education. Mrs. Webster taught school for many years. Mr. Coryell has been
School Director of this district and is a Republican in politics. He has been
Clerk for Metamora Township for two years and is now Justice of the Peace. Our
subject has always taken a prominent part in politics and has been frequently
sent as delegate to county conventions.
Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Valentine, Henry 1855 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
HENRY VALENTINE. Among the many foreign-born residents of Watertown Township,
Tuscola County, we are pleased to give room to a sketch of Mr. Valentine, who
was born July 10, 1855, in England. His parents are John and Susannah (Gill)
Valentine, and of them our readers will find further details in another part of
this record. Our subject had his early training and education in England, and
was there married to Jane Gummerson, a native of England. To them were granted
the following children: Alice G., Susan G., Annie B., Nellie A., John E. and Mary
M.
Henry Valentine became convinced that if he would give suitable advantages to
his young family he must bring them to the New World, where there were openings
for the poor, and where all stood on an equal basis. He therefore came to this
country and settled in Michigan in 1880, undertaking farm work. At present he is
on Mr. Collins' farm. He has been a Prohibitionist ever since he has had a vote
in the United States, and is a member of Prohibition League No. 2.
Edward Gummerson, the father of Mrs. Valentine, is also a native of England,
as is likewise his wife, Alice (Green) Gummerson, and they are the parents of
seven sons and six daughters. Mr. Gummerson was an engineer in England and his
father and mother were Charles and Keziah Gummerson. They reared to maturity a
family of four daughters and two sons. Charles Gummerson was an underlooker in a
coal mine. He died in 1856, and his good wife, who survived him, passed from
earth in 1872.
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Extracted from:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Genesee-Macomb County MI Archives Biographies.....Douglas, Arthur H. 1865 -
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ARTHUR H. DOUGLAS, D. D. S., was born near Richfield, Macomb County, this State,
November 8, 1865, and is the son of Henry F. and Mary (Inwood) Douglas, the
former being a native of Michigan and the latter of England. The father was born
in Troy, in 1832, and was a farmer until he was thirty-two years of age, at
which time he took up the study of dentistry. Having fitted himself for practice
he located at Richmond and undertook his profession and in 1869 he removed to
Fenton where he practiced until his death, in December, 1890. He was a Deacon in
the Baptist Church and a prominent and highly respected citizen and was of
Scotch extraction. The mother, who is still living, is also a zealous member of
the Baptist Church.
Every one of the five children of these parents is still in this life. The
public schools of Fenton furnished the educational advantages of which our
subject was able to avail himself, and he worked with his father and
familiarized himself with the work of dentistry. In the fall of 1888 he entered
the Vanderbuilt University at Nashville, Tenn., and took a full course in the
Dental Department, graduating in the spring of 1890. He then entered upon the
practice of dentistry in the office with his father, and since the death of that
parent he has carried on the business.
In the spring of 1891 Dr. Douglas was united in marriage with Miss Mary Smith,
daughter of Deveraux Smith, a prominent farmer of Tyrone, and a native of
England. Our subject is a young man of much promise, as he is both intelligent
and enterprising and has a fine command of his profession. In his neat office he
has a well stocked library, both professional and literary, and he and his bride
are honored members of society.
Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Collins, John 1816 -
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JOHN COLLINS. This gentleman was born in Hampshire County, Mass., September 27,
1816, and came with his parents, Jonah S. and Frances (Simmons) Collins, to the
Wolverine State at an early day. The father was born on Cape Cod in 1769, and
was one of a family of eight children. He was the eldest of the family and
devoted himself to the sea, being a captain on the oceans of the world, and
following that calling throughout his early life. The second is Rachel; then
Priscilla and Aquilla, Mercy, Gamalia, James and Ebenezer.
The Collins family is of English origin, and the the [sic] parental family
consisted of the following children: Ebenezer, James, Jonah S., William S.,
Jane, Samuel, he of whom we write and George T. James resides in Flint, this
State; Jonah followed the life of a sailor; William S. lived and died in New.
York; George T. is now a resident of Linden, Genesee County; our subject came
to. Lapeer County in 1847, and bought the farm where he now resides.
John Collins was first married in 1844, to Philinda E. Fitch. She died,
however, in a few months and in 1847 our subject married Louisa Parker. Two sons
were the result of this union-George N. and Irvin J. Mrs. Louisa Collins died in
1854, and our subject afterward married Caroline M., daughter of Timothy
Wheeler. Two children were born of this union-Willard J. and James W. The elder
is still living.
Timothy Wheeler is a native of Vermont, and was born in 1791. His wife, Susan
Walton, was born in the same year and in the same town-Brattleboro. While a
resident, of Peru, N. Y., where he resided for four years, he worked in the
manufacture of iron and was a skilled mechanic. He brought his family, which
comprised a wife and five children, to Lapeer County, in the fall of 1835, and
settled on section 1, in the wilderness. He worked at his trade, which was that
of a blacksmith, and also did much toward clearing his farm.
Mrs. Collins' father died in September, 1872. He and his wife reared a family
of five children, they being Shepherd, Mrs. Collins, Susan A., Harriet A. and
Daniel W. Susan became the wife of Dennis Greggs; Harriet became the wife of
Manley T. Tower. Timothy Wheeler was a son of Daniel Wheeler. He was called out
in the War of 1812 and was a participant in the battle of Plattsburg, on Lake
Champlain.
Our subject is a member of the Baptist Church. He is a Republican in the
truest sense of the word, believing in the platform and policy of the party
without modification. He is the owner of a beautiful farm of one hundred acres,
which bears good buildings. His residence is a thing of beauty and an ideal
rural home. The barns and outhouses are capacious and filled to overflowing with
the products of the place.
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Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
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ELDER JOHN H. PATON. Our subject who is a resident of Almont, is a scholarly man
who has devoted himself largely to the study of Bible subjects and has himself
been the author of several important and popular theological works. Mr. Paton is
a native of Scotland, having been born in Galston, Ayrshire, April 7, 1843. He
is a son of David and Christian (Woodburn) Paton. His mother died when he was
only six years old, being a victim of Asiatic cholera. His father married again,
and coming to this country, located in Michigan, settling in Almont Township in
1852. He began farming in 1853, securing a one hundred and forty-acre tract of
land which had formerly been known as the Saulsbury farm, two miles east of the
village of Almont.
From the time of his father's settlement on the farm above mentioned, our
subject lived and labored on the farm and gained a fair knowledge of
agricultural life. He received a good common-school education and at the age of
seventeen entered that best of all schools in which self-government and command
is attained, becoming a teacher in the Retherford district. In the fall and
summer he worked at home on the farm and attended school in the winter, and in
the summer of 1862 he engaged as a farm hand, but in August of that year he
enlisted in Company B, Twenty-second Michigan Infantry, under Capt. A. M.
Keeler, now of Richmond, this State. The first fall and winter of their service
they spent in Kentucky watching for and chasing John Morgan, the famous raider,
of that State, the regiment camping during the winter at Lexington. The summer
of 1863 our subject spent in provost duty at Nashville, Tenn., until September.
The regiment was then sent to the front in time for the battle of Chickamauga,
which took place September 19 and 20.
Our subject was taken sick and was sent to the hospital at Chickamauga,
remaining there for about two weeks. Soon after rejoining his regiment he was
transferred to the United States Signal Corps and remained in Chattanooga that
winter; was connected with headquarters of the Fourteenth Army Corps on the
Atlanta campaign, and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. He was
also at the Grand Review at Washington, and was honorably discharged from
service July 10, 1865, at St. Louis Mo., having moved Westward with Sherman's
headquarters. Our subject returned to his father's home and made his plans to
become a farmer, the three years spent in the army having broken up his plan for
literary education.
January 13, 1866, Elder Paton was married to Miss Sarah E. Wilson, a daughter
of John and Sarah (Cook) Wilson of St. Clair County, there born January 21,
1844. Her parents were born and reared in England. Our subject having previously
bought forty acres of land near Armada, Macomb County, moved there in March,
1866. The young couple there made their home for a year and a half, and then Mr.
Paton purchased forty acres in Almont Township. The winter that he was in Macomb
County he spent as a teacher, and after coming to Almont he taught for two
winters, devoting himself to farming during the summer.
Our subject was first personally interested in religion when about fifteen
years of age. His father, while in Scotland, had been a member of a church of
New Testament Disciples, but there being no church of that kind here, our
subject joined the Baptists, and a number of his father's family did the same.
While teaching and living in Armada, he began preaching, and there and after
moving to Almont, held services in school-houses until he was ordained a
minister of the Baptist Church, October 19, 1870. He is now pastor of the Church
of Christ at Almont, but does not confine his labors here; he preaches at Peck,
Yale and elsewhere throughout the State, and also every alternate Sunday in
Washington Union Church in Macomb County. Eider Paton is a man to whom
stereotyped creed is galling. He believes in studying the Bible and living
according to one's best conscientious understanding of its teachings.
Our subject has six children whose names are as follows: Henry W., George
Wilber, Nora E., David W., Chrissie E., and Annie E. They were all born in
Almont Township, with the exception of Henry W., who was born in Armada Township
November 1, 1866. In 1880 Elder Paton published a book of three hundred and
twenty-eight pages, entitled "Day Dawn," and in 1882 issued a revised edition.
The first edition had four thousand copies, the second three thousand, and sold
readily, and the third edition is now out, being revised and enlarged to four
hundred pages. Mr. Paton also gets out a semi-monthly magazine which has been
published since 1882. It is in pamphlet form and is entitled "The World's Hope."
In 1882 he got out a work of two hundred and twenty pages, the first edition
numbering two thousand. It was entitled "Moses and Christ," and the sales are
still going on.
Mr. Paton is now President of the Larger Hope Publishing Company, which name
is suggestive of the liberality of his religious views, and of his large hope
for mankind.
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Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
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1892
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Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Winchester, John L. 1854 -
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JOHN L. WINCHESTER, a resident in Elmwood Township, Tuscola County, has here a
well-cultivated and fertile farm. Mr. Winchester was born in Warren County, in
the little city of Warren, Pa., September 6, 1854. He is the son of Elijah and
Sarah (Conant) Winchester. His mother was born and reared in Attica, N. Y., and
his father in Batavia, the same State, on the borders of Chautauqua Lake. The
latter was by trade a baker, and was able to make a very good living in the
village where our subject was reared. He was given a limited education,
attending the graded schools of Warren, and at other schools until he was
eighteen years old. At the age of fourteen years he began life for himself in
New York City, where he was employed as a chore boy, and remained for two years.
After that he attended the academy in Franklinville, N. Y.
The original of our sketch was bereft of his mother when three years old. His
father not long after was again married, and the new conditions in the home
life were not agreeable to the youth. He was thrown out early in life, his
father having moved to Maryland when the son was fourteen years of age, since
which time they have been separated. At the age of twenty our subject worked in
a mill, and then was fireman on the Pennsylvania & Erie Railroad, filling that
post for about eighteen months.
This point in our subject's life brings us to the time of the oil excitement,
and he, like many others, was drawn therein. He followed the oil business,
working for wages for about three years, and for the following four years
conducted a business of his own. In 1886 he came to Michigan and began farming.
He purchased a place of eighty acres on section 21, which was in a very wild
state and contained but little improvement, there being neither house nor barn.
Beginning the work, he cleared sixty acres of land, and now has a good two-story
house and capacious and well-built barns upon his place.
Our subject was married April 2, 1876, to Susie E. Park, of Warren, Pa. They
have five children, whose names are as follows: Alice, Carlton, Helen, Marietta
and Sarah, all of whom are living at home. They also lost three children by
death. Mrs. Susie Winchester died December 10, 1890, and is greatly mourned by
her loving life companion as well as children. Our subject has followed farming
and stock-raising for a number of years, and has been very prosperous. In
politics he favors the Republican party, and is now serving his second term as
Township Clerk. He has held various school offices.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Montague, Horace
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HORACE MONTAGUE. It affords us pleasure to insert in this volume the portrait
and biography of the gentleman whose name introduces these paragraphs, and who
has been prominently connected with the development of Tuscola County for many
years. He is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of good land in Wells
Township, and is known as an enterprising and industrious farmer, whose methods
of fertilizing the soil and improving the land are the best, while at the same
time he has become known as a public-spirited citizen and a generous-hearted
friend. Upon his estate he has placed a first-class set of farm buildings,
including a commodious residence, good barns and such outbuildings as will
afford shelter for the stock, the various cereals which are stored for winter
use, and the machinery which modern civilization requires for the development of
a good farm.
Charles Montague, father of our subject, was born in December, 1779, in
Somersetshire, England. When quite young he left his native home and emigrated
to Canada with his father, William Montague, who was obliged to enlist in the
English army during the War of 1812 in order to reach America. William Montague
was a blacksmith by trade, but after coming to Canada he settled on a farm near
London where he remained until his death. The father of our subject left Canada,
and moving to Michigan, settled in Indian Fields Township, Tuscola County, in
1865. Upon the home place which he established there, he remained until his
death in September, 1889. He served in the War of 1812, being on the side of the
United States, while his father fought in the British army.
The mother of our subject was known in maidenhood as Maria Hungerford, and was
a daughter of Samuel and Alice (Kilburn) Hungerford. Charles and Maria Montague
had a family of five sons, Horace being the eldest. The others are Charles Jr.,
William, Joseph and Samuel A. residing in the township of Almer. Horace N. began
for himself at the age of twenty-one, having previously received a fair
common-school education. On reaching his majority he was married, his bride
being Jane, the daughter of Alexander Smith of Canada. The young couple located
on a farm where he had been reared, and remained there twelve years. Mr.
Montague engaged in the tanner's business in the village near by, but in 1858
came to Michigan and settled in Port Huron. Three years later he removed to
Caro, embarking in business as a blacksmith and running a shop at that place.
For many years he aided in the development of the town, clearing ground where
Caro now stands and raising grain where there are now business blocks. He has
frequently cut big crops of wheat and corn where the court house now stands, and
has therefore been a witness of the entire growth of the thriving village of
Caro. In 1872 he located on his present farm, where he has since remained with
the exception of twelve years on a farm north of Caro.
Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Montague, namely: Charles, of Caro;
Mary J., wife of Alexander McGilvary, of Dakota; Alexander, of Caro; Horace N.
Jr., who is Postmaster at Caro; and Maria A., now the wife of Fred Wheat, of
Caro. Some time after the death of the first wife, Mr. Montague was again
married, his bride being Mrs. Eliza (Van Gilder) Utter, and this union has
brought them one child, Ida J. Mrs. Montague was born August 13, 1825, in New
York, and is a daughter of Elisha Van Gilder, who was born near Syacuse, N. Y.,
in 1793. Of nine children, of which he was the father, six are living, viz:
Maria, Eliza J., David S., Leonard, Harriet, and Henry. Mrs. Montague first
married Stephen H. Utter, a son of Henry and Mary (Webb) Utter. Of that union
seven children were born, whose names are as follows: Charles L. (deceased);
Edmund H., Emma R., (Mrs. Irvin), Frank S., (deceased); Flora M., Dopking, and
William E. Mrs. Montague is a lady of refinement, and is held in high esteem in
the community, while her benevolent disposition leads her to use every means in
her power to aid those unfortunates who appeal to her for aid.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Veit, George C. 1859 -
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GEORGE C. VEIT, one of the most enterprising German-American farmers of this
section of Tuscola County, is a resident on section 4, Koylton Township. He is
at present the station agent and operator at Kingston on the Pontiac, Oxford &
Northern Railroad. He was born December 18, 1859, in Koylton Township, and is a
son of John G. Veit, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1837. John Veit
emigrated to America when twenty years of age, and located in Oxford County,
Ontario, Canada. He there lived until 1857, and was engaged in farming.
At the date above mentioned our subject's father came to Michigan and
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Koylton Township, which land
was patented to him by the Government. Later he returned to Canada, and brought
his family with him to his new home in Michigan. Here he lived until 1887, and
then went to Portland, Ore, where he now resides.
In 1858 John G. Veit married Mary C. Moyer, a daughter of Christopher and
Cynthia Moyer. To him and his wife were born five children, whose names are as
follows: George C., of whom we write; Albert, Thomas, Rose (Mrs. Kerwin,) and
Johnny. Our subject lived at home with his parents on the farm, giving his
father the benefit of his efforts until he was twenty-four years of age. At that
time he secured the position which he now fills, and has held it ever since,
with the exception of a short time, during which he located another office on
the same road.
September 14, 1887, our subject was married to Miss Nina Corlis, a daughter of
James Corlis, of Tuscola County. Mr. Veit is a member of Lodge No. 216, I. O. O.
F., and also of Lodge No. 156, K. O. T. M., of Kingston.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
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1892
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Tuscola-Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Pettit, Edwin 1841 -
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EDWIN PETTIT. We are pleased to give place in this RECORD to the life narrative
of many a man who came across the border from Canada, and has made his home in
the Wolverine State, adding his quota to the industries and activities which
have so materially helped to develop the resources of Michigan. Edwin Pettit who
now makes his home in Elkland Township, Tuscola County, was born in Canada, a
son of John and Maria Ann (Woods) Pettit, both of whom had their nativity and
early training in England and came to Canada after their marriage. His father
was by occupation a farmer, and upon the farm this son spent the early years of
his life. Edwin Pettit did not receive the benefits of an education as he was so
situated in childhood as to be deprived of such opportunities, but his native
shrewdness and good sense qualified him for attending to business and the fact
that he did not feel himself prepared to handle extended accounts has led him
into the excellent method of doing business by the cash system. He came to the
United States when he was a mere boy, locating with his parents in Lapeer
County, Mich., and spending the years of his youth, mostly in that county upon a
farm. It was in 1864 that he came to Tuscola County, and he then took up eighty
acres of land, and after clearing it proceeded to put improvements upon it.
Besides its highly cultivated condition one thing which makes it an admirable
piece of property is that it has not now and never has had upon it a mortgage or
claim from any one beside its owner. This is as all concede a remarkable record
and a very happy one.
In 1875 the parents of our subject came to Cass City where they lived a
retired life, the mother passing from earth in 1888 and the father dying in
1891. The subject of this sketch was married June 18, 1870, to Ellen Landragren
a Canadian by birth who was at the time residing in Elkland Township. One child
crowned this union, namely, Frank, who was born March 10, 1874. The wife died
June 18, 1889, and our subject now resides alone on the farm with his son.
Mr. Pettit's whole life has been devoted to agricultural employments and he
carries on stock-raising to a limited extent, keeping only such animals as he
needs in order to efficiently pursue the work of the farm. Educational matters
have ever awakened a keen interest in his mind and he desires for his son the
advantages which he missed in childhood and youth, and is giving to him a
thorough schooling in the Cass City High School. His career since making his
home here has been marked by thorough industry, devotion to business, a regard
for the rights of others and sterling integrity, and the respect of the
community is his.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
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1892
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Tuscola-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Streeter, William D. 1841 -
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WILLIAM D. STREETER is a resident of the village of Akron where he is engaged in
the drug business. He is a son of Elias and Phila (Harmon) Streeter, both
natives of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., where the subject of this sketch was also
born March 26, 1841. The following year his parents came to Oakland County,
Mich., and here took up Government land in Brandon Township, Oakland County. The
education granted to this youth was very limited as schools were neither
numerous nor well established in this section of Michigan. He remained with his
father until he was nineteen years of age after which he undertook independent
work.
This young man contracted a matrimonial alliance with Charlotte, daughter of
Sydney Hovey, a New Yorker, and to them have been born four children. The eldest
daughter, Mary, has married Edgar Merry and resides in Akron Township with her
husband and two sons. Phila married William H. Cook, a merchant and at present
Postmaster of Akron. Recine and Louis are the two youngest who are at home with
their parents.
For some fifteen years after his marriage Mr. Streeter carried on farming and
then began the business of hotel keeping, following this calling at Akron,
Unionville and Fair Grove. He bought out a stock of drugs of Frank Bosworth, in
Akron, taking charge in September, 1890, and is now doing a profitable business
in this line, carrying a general stock of notions, drugs, etc. In politics he is
a Democrat and takes an active interest in the success of his party. He is at
present Constable of Akron Township, and is a member of Tent No. 178, K. O. T.
M. His father and mother are living and have both passed the milestone of
three-score and ten, yet are active and capable with their mental facilities
unabated.
There were seven children in the family in which our subject grew to maturity
and they are all still living. His brother Jasper, resides in Huron County,
Mich., and Simeon lives in Unionville; Jane married George Smith and makes her
home in Bay County; Hiram resides in this county, and Mary, who married John
Tuttle, lives in Huron County, while Ransom makes his home in Tuscola County.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
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1892
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Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Reynolds, William 1811 -
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WILLIAM REYNOLDS. This native of Scotia was born in Ayrshire April 12,1811, and
is now a resident of Dryden Township, Lapeer County. His father, William R., was
also a native of Ayrshire, and a carpenter by trade and died in his native home
when our subject was a little boy and he lost his mother, whose maiden name was
Mary Clendennen, at the age of twelve years. They left one son beside our
subject, Robert. After the death of the parents the boy was reared by his
grandfather, William Clendennen.
Our subject came to America in 1831 when he was twenty years old, and while in
New York City he learned the trade of a weaver and afterward removed to Jersey
City, where he was united in marriage with Margaret Flemming, and there he
learned the trade of a carpet weaver. He carried on a manufacturing
establishment for the weaving of carpets at Piermont, N. Y., where fifteen looms
and twenty-four men were kept busy. After five years of successful work here the
establishment was burned down with no insurance on the stock and he lost some
$4,000, and he therefore entered the employ as foreman for Thomas Earl, of New
York City, a manufacturer of ingrain carpets.
A year later Mr. Reynolds came to Dryden Township, this county, and bought
eighty acres of land in the woods, putting up a house and at once proceeding to
clear and improve the land. Nine children had crowned his first marriage,
namely: Thomas, now Postmaster at Thornville; Joseph, deceased; Joseph, 2nd.;
Sarah, wife of Peter Schonerman; Thomas J.; Robert, who fell in the service of
this country at Buzzard's Roost; Margaret J.; Zavit and Eliza. The mother of
these children died in Lapeer County, in 1860. The second marriage of our
subject was with Susan B. Suttin who died in 1889, being seventy-seven years
old, and he was married the third time April 20, 1890, to Mary Booth, a native
of England who was born at Market Wheaton, May 14, 1825. She was the widow of
William Booth and the mother of ten children by her first husband. These
children's names are: Hannah, Robert L., James V., Jane K., (wife of Andrew Laur
of Port Stanley); Richard, Eliza Ann, and Mary C. deceased, Jessie A. (now Mrs.
A. Manuel;) Elmer Ellsworth, and Frank A. a railroad man on the Bay City Railway.
Mr. Reynolds has a farm of eighty acres upon which he carries on general
farming. In politics he is a strong Republican and he is pleased to note that
while his last Presidential vote was for President Harrison, his first was for
that gentleman's grandfather. He has been a worker in the Sunday-school and a
member of the Presbyterian Church, but is now a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and has ever been a liberal contributor to good causes. Mr.
Booth, Mrs. Reynold's first husband, was a native of England, where he was born
January 7, 1826. He was a Republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln
in 1860. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for many years, and
died at the age of sixty-one.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
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1892
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
DANIEL CROOP. The sons of New York who have made Michigan their adopted State
would form a fine phalanx of thorough-going progressive and enterprising
business men and farmers, if they could be brought together in one company, for
they have brought to Michigan good methods of pursuing the industries of life,
and stalwart qualities of mind, heart and physique. Among them we number Daniel
Croop, now a resident of Novesta Township, Tuscola County, who was born in Erie
County N. Y., April 26, 1849, being a son of Jacob and Barbara (Werner) Croop,
both Pennsylvanians by birth the father being by occupation a farmer.
He of whom we write had his birth and early training under most
disadvantageous circumstances as his educational advantages were extremely
limited and poverty was his lot throughout boyhood, but with all this another
affliction burdened him in the fact that he was born with club feet and this
trying deformity hindered him not only in the pursuit of wealth, but we may say
in the pursuit of happiness, in the first twenty-three years of his life. At
that time he left the farm upon which he had been brought up and went to
Buffalo, where he submitted to a surgical operation by which his feet were
strengthened and straightened so that now this trouble is entirely overcome.
Our subject had come West at the age of fourteen, locating in Michigan and
engaging in farming in Oakland County and after reaching the age of twenty-four
he taught for eight years in Oakland County, and then at the age of thirty-two
undertook work upon the railroad at Saginaw where he continued for nine months
on the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad. He was then made station agent at Otter
Lake in Lapeer County, which position he filled for seven and one half years and
came to this place in October, 1889, to take charge of railroad matters here.
With Mr. J. H. Baker he soon opened a general store for the sale of hardware,
groceries, dry goods, and in fact everything kept in a well stocked general
store, and he,has devoted himself to this business ever since, and in July,
1891, he bought out the entire interest of his partner so that he is now
proprietor of the whole concern.
Among the interesting events which we are called upon to chronicle in the life
of Mr. Croop is his marriage upon the 15th of March, 1883, to Ella, daughter of
Benjamin Stevens of Oakland County, this State. By this union they have one
child, a daughter Mildred E. born April 26, 1889, and they have lost one
daughter Bessie, who died at the expiration of her first year. The political
views which Mr. Croop considers most worthy of consideration of the citizens of
the United States are such as are found expressed in the declarations and
platform of the Republican party, and he takes a deep interest in public
movements, although he is not an office seeker and prefers the occupation of the
farm to business and the rush and turmoil of the political arena, and has
therefore never sought office.
Daniel Croop is at present acting as the agent for the American Express
Company and besides has charge of the postoffice. Mrs. Croop is a devoted member
of the Presbyterian Church and her husband attends with her the services of that
body.
Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States
Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892
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