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Livingston County MI Archives Photo Place.....***Gate**** June 23, 2007
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Hayes Cemerty, A very small roadside Cemetery in very bad condition, it is well
kept but in the past the stones have been damaged and time as started to turn
them to dust. A guess would be around 30 graves but only a few with
information still readable. The cemetery is located on the south side of
Rushton Road, Green Oak Twp, South Lyon, North of 10 mile road and south of
Silver Lake road at the intersection with Bowler ln.
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Lenawee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clark, Jennie November 18, 1969
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Adrian Daily Telegram
Mrs. Jennie Rickerson Clark,89, died in Biby Hospityal at 5:15 Tuesday
afternoon. She was the widow of Obert B Clark.
Mrs. Clark was born April 11, 1880 in Clinton,Michigan, coming to make her
home in Adrian with her parents at the age of five. She was a member of
Berean Baptist Church.
She married O.B. Clark on January 1, 1900. He preceded her in death October
28, 1940.
Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs R.Merle Richardson,with whom Mrs. Clark
made her home for the last eight years; Mrs. Harold J. Bennett; two sons, Erwin
(Etta) Clark and Harold (Anna) Clark. All are from Adrian. There are
seventeen surviving grandchildren, two of whom she raised in her home. They
are, William Speller and Mrs. Mary Lore of Willow Run. Also surviving are 35
great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by one daughter; Luella
Speller, and three sons; James E., Elwood B.; and Leland in infancy.
Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30p.m. at the Everiss Funeral Home.
The Rev. Myron Williams will officiate.
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Lenawee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clark, Delena Caroline September 30, 1931
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Adrian Daily Telegram
Palmyra,Sept 30- Mrs Delena Keeber Clark, aged 81 years died in the home of
her daughter, Mrs William Martin of Palmyra township. Mrs Clark was born in
Genesee County, New York and came to Michigan with her parents when a young
girl. The trip wad made in a covered wagon and occupied five weeks. Her
husband Owen, a daughter Katherine(Bert) Kennedy, and one son Thomas (Grace)
preceded her in death.
She is survived by three sons, Obert B(Jennie) Clark of Madison townshop,
Dr. James E. Clark of Detroit and Fred F(Zola) Clark of Harrison Michigan: two
daughter, Mrs Edna Martin and Mrs. Ella Dawson of Palmyra, 21 grandchildren
and 24 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held in the Martin home Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock and the burial will be at the family lot in the Crane cemetery in
Palmyra township. The Rev. Frank H. Lewis will officiate.
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Daughter of Charles Keeber and Hannah Speigal.
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Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....Miller, Charles, Raymond October 27, 1960
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Grand Rapids Press
MILLER Charles R. Miller, aged 75, of 1312 Logan, SE, was taken to his
Heavenly home Thursday afternoon to be at home with the Lord. Surviving are his
wife, Cora M. Miller; two sons, Paul R. Miller of Oak Park, Mich., and Dr.
Charles J. Miller of Grand Rapids; five grandchildren; two brothers; Leon
Miller of Rock Glenn, Pa., and Floyd J. Miller of Buffalo, NY. Services will be
held Saturday afternoon 3 oclock at the Zaagman Memorial Chapel. Dr. David
Otis Fuller and Rev. Floyd C. Peterson officiating. Interment Chapel Hill
Memorial Gardens. Members of the family will be at the chapel Friday evening 7
to 9. Memorial contributions may be made to the Missionary fund of Wealth
Street Baptist church.
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He was from a mining town Glen Rock, Shrewsbury Township, Luzerne County, PA
close to Seven Points, PA. His father was a miner and also his brothers. He
started working the mines and decided that that wasn't the life for him. So he
ran away from home at 13 years old never to live at home again. There were two
railroads in town and he jumped on one to leave. He lived on his uncle farm
after leaving home. He started working on the railroad and then be came a
telegraph operator. He lived in Texas as a young man. He was a store manager
at J.G. McCrory, S.H. Kress & Co. (Galveston, TX), Kresge. He lived in a
boardinghouse in Galveston, Texas from Feb. 26, 1910 to July11, 1911.
He was a worldly man until he got saved at a tent meeting inhislate20'stoearly
30's.
They lived in Debois, PA after their marriage.
He lived at 1312 Logan St., S.E., Grand Rapids for 41 years.
He had a stroke in 1955 and suddenly died with a heart attack in 27 Oct. 1960.
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens & Mausoleum
2894 Patterson Avenue SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
616-949-2560
Masonic Garden 136-B3
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Lapeer-Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Lister, George I. 1855 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
GEORGE I. LISTER is the owner of a good productive farm embracing one hundred
and twenty acres of land on section 22, Arcadia Township, Lapeer County. Mr.
Lister is a native of this State, having been born in the city of Flint, August
24, 1855. He is a son of Thomas and Eleanor (Dawson) Lister. The former was a
native of Lincolnshire, England. He was born in 1828 and died in 1864. He came
to the United States when eighteen years of age, and settled in Flint, living
there and in the township of Mundy about eighteen years. He was a carpenter and
joiner by trade and was the owner of a small farm. Our subject's mother was a
native of Canada, where she was born in 1836. She still survives and is one of
the pioneers of Michigan, having come to the State with her parents, Richard and
Jane Dawson, when but a child.
Our subject's father fought in the War of the Rebellion, and died from wounds
received at the battle of Gettysburg. His decease occurred in the Washington
Hospital two months after receiving his wound. He is interred in the soldiers'
cemetery in the Capital City. Our subject was nine years of age when his father
died, and ten years old when he went to work on a farm, He received his
education in the public schools of the home district and spent one term in the
village schools of Attica. His desire was to work in the fail and summer, and
attend school in the winter until he was twenty years of age. At the last-named
age our subject began teaching and pursued that course for two terms, during
which time he was very successful. He was then engaged as a clerk for two years,
being in the employ of Knapp & Wilson at Thomas Station.
Our subject was married October 1, 1877 to Miss Ethelinda West, a daughter of
Daniel West a prominent farmer and money-lender of Attica. Mrs. Lister was born
November 2, 1858. After their marriage the young couple removed into Arcadia
Township, and purchased the farm which they subsequently traded for the one
whereon they now reside. Upon settling there there was only a small tract
cleared. He added the place where the house now stands in 1890. Our subject has
been a successful farmer and has been enabled to amass a comfortable competency
for future necessity and use. Mrs. Lister is a member of the Protestant
Methodist Church. Our subject is a Democrat in politics. For three terms he has
been Township Clerk and has been School Inspector for several years. To the
marriage of George I. Lister and Ethelinda West four children have been born
Thomas Earl, Daniel, Martha J. and Carrie E. The eldest was born November 5,
1880; Daniel, January 22, 1882; Martha, August 5, 1887; Carrie, September 10,
1890.
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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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Lapeer-Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Lister, George I. 1824 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
GEORGE I. LISTER is the owner of a good productive farm embracing one hundred
and twenty acres of land on section 22, Arcadia Township, Lapeer County. Mr.
Lister is a native of this State, having been born in the city of Flint, August
24, 1855. He is a son of Thomas and Eleanor (Dawson) Lister. The former was a
native of Lincolnshire, England. He was born in 1828 and died in 1864. He came
to the United States when eighteen years of age, and settled in Flint, living
there and in the township of Mundy about eighteen years. He was a carpenter and
joiner by trade and was the owner of a small farm. Our subject's mother was a
native of Canada, where she was born in 1836. She still survives and is one of
the pioneers of Michigan, having come to the State with her parents, Richard and
Jane Dawson, when but a child.
Our subject's father fought in the War of the Rebellion, and died from wounds
received at the battle of Gettysburg. His decease occurred in the Washington
Hospital two months after receiving his wound. He is interred in the soldiers'
cemetery in the Capital City. Our subject was nine years of age when his father
died, and ten years old when he went to work on a farm, He received his
education in the public schools of the home district and spent one term in the
village schools of Attica. His desire was to work in the fail and summer, and
attend school in the winter until he was twenty years of age. At the last-named
age our subject began teaching and pursued that course for two terms, during
which time he was very successful. He was then engaged as a clerk for two years,
being in the employ of Knapp & Wilson at Thomas Station.
Our subject was married October 1, 1877 to Miss Ethelinda West, a daughter of
Daniel West a prominent farmer and money-lender of Attica. Mrs. Lister was born
November 2, 1858. After their marriage the young couple removed into Arcadia
Township, and purchased the farm which they subsequently traded for the one
whereon they now reside. Upon settling there there was only a small tract
cleared. He added the place where the house now stands in 1890. Our subject has
been a successful farmer and has been enabled to amass a comfortable competency
for future necessity and use. Mrs. Lister is a member of the Protestant
Methodist Church. Our subject is a Democrat in politics. For three terms he has
been Township Clerk and has been School Inspector for several years. To the
marriage of George I. Lister and Ethelinda West four children have been born
Thomas Earl, Daniel, Martha J. and Carrie E. The eldest was born November 5,
1880; Daniel, January 22, 1882; Martha, August 5, 1887; Carrie, September 10,
1890.
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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 County MI Archives Biographies.....Thompson, Ermina C. W. 1824 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
MRS. ERMINA C. W. THOMPSON is a representative pioneer of her sex in Genesee
County, and resides in Grand Blanc. She is a native of Washington County, Vt.,
and was there born March 5, 1824, her parents being Samuel and Keziah (Green)
Wilson, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of the old Bay
State. Her ancestors on the paternal side were of Scotch-Irish stock and her
mother's parents were of English ancestry. The first representative of the
family to settle in this country came here over two hundred years ago.
When our subject was nine years old she emigrated with her parents to New York
State and there lived for several years in the Genesee Valley. After the death
of her mother she with the other members of the family removed to Genesee
County, this State, and settled in Atlas Township, making their first home in an
humble cottage in the midst of the woods. They broke the land and made the farm
yield them a living; it is now in the possession of Mrs. Thompson's brother,
John A. Wilson, her father having died in 1861.
Mrs. Thompson was one of four children whose names are as follows: Caroline,
Clarissa, our subject, and John A. Mrs. Thompson was reared and educated for the
most part in this State and also attended school in Perry, N. Y. After she had
finished her studies she engaged for several years in teaching. May 9, 1848, she
was united in marriage with Caleb S. Thompson, who was a native of Worcester
County, Mass., and there born April 23, 1805. He was a son of Washington and
Folly Thompson, natives of the same State. He, like our subject, removed in
childhood with his parents to New York, and was there reared to manhood,
receiving a fair education. In 1829 he removed to Genesee County, this State,
and became a resident of what is now known as Grand Blanc Township. He took up a
tract of Government land and became one of the early settlers of this district.
The greater portion of his life was spent in agricultural pursuits.
In 1870 Mr. Thompson with his family removed to Grand Blanc village and there
made his home until 1883. He was a man of sterling worth and vital energy,
respected by all who knew him. Prior to his marriage with our subject he had
been united to Clarinda Perry, and they were the parents of two children, Susan
and Rush. Unto Mr. Thompson and our subject, one daughter was born, Clara G, who
is now the wife of Alexander McCall. During his career Mr. Thompson served in
various official positions. He was both Treasurer and Clerk of Grand Blanc
Township and his advice was ever sought in all matters of enterprise, he being
regarded as the most public-spirited citizen of the district. In his death the
county lost one of her best citizens. He was a Republican in politics and a very
strong advocate.of temperance. His honor and integrity in business dealings as
well as in private life were recognized by all. In business life he was very
successful and at his decease left a valuable estate which his widow now manages
with a remarkable degree of executive ability. He was the contractor and builder
of what is now familiarly known as the Holly Plank Road between Grand Blanc and
Holly. While not a churchman, he always contributed generously toward the
support of churches and the spread of Christianity. His interest in educational
matters was paramount and he served as Inspector of schools for many years. He
had also been connected with the Genesee Agricultural Society. Mrs. Thompson is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is also greatly interested in
temperance work.
The many friends of Mr. Thompson, in whose hearts his memory is ever held
dear, will be pleased to notice his lithographic portrait elsewhere.
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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 County MI Archives Biographies.....Palmerlee, Heman 1832 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
HEMAN PALMERLEE. Hadley Township has its full complement of families whose
ability, intelligence and character make them worthy of representation in this
RECORD, and we are pleased to present here the name just given as a
representative of one of these families. Mr. Palmerlee is a farmer residing
one-half mile east of the village of Hadley, Lapeer County, and was born in
Cattaraugus County, N. Y., in 1832. His parents, Asa and Lucy (Seward)
Palmerlee, were natives of Connecticut and New York, and the mother is a
daughter of Col. Stephen Seward.
It was in 1852 that our subject came to Lapeer County,and began life for
himself with only a small amount of capital. He is now the favored possessor of
a beautiful tract of land consisting of a little more than one hundred acres on
section 3, of Hadley Township, where a fine array of the best and most
commodious farm buildings may be seen. The dwelling, barns and other structures
are substantial and convenient and accompanied by neat fences, orchards and all
the appointments that speak of a good farm and home. These improvements have
been made since the purchase of this farm by Mr. Palmerlee in 1859.
In the year just mentioned our subject won for his wife an estimable lady who
has proven her ability by making a cozy and attractive home for her family while
at the same time she has taken a part in the kindly associations and benevolent
deeds of the neighborhood. She bore the maiden name of Elmina Kelly, but before
her marriage with Mr. Palmerlee was the widow of Charles Flack. She was born in
Monroe County, N. Y., but her father brought her to Lapeer County, when quite
young.
Immediately after marriage Mr. and Mrs. Palmerlee took up their abode on the
farm near Hadley and here were born three children: Charles E,, who is a
resident of Lapeer ; Mary B., who but recently became the wife of Mark Brown and
Mark L. who is still single.
Our subject has not at any time taken a leading part in the public affairs of
the neighborhood, having contented himself with discharging the private duties
of citizenship in an honorable manner but he is thoroughly alive to the public
problems of the day and is an intelligent observer of public movements. He is an
independent Republican.
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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 County MI Archives Biographies.....Patterson, Albert H. 1840 -
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ALBERT H. PATTERSON is the editor of the Almont Herald, which is published in
that city and is the agricultural organ of the surrounding country as well as
the medium of the current news of the day of the town proper and is also the
advertising medium for commercial matters. He was born in Welland County,
Ontario, June 22, 1840. His parents were formerly residents of Niagara County,
N. Y. As a lad he had the advantages to be derived at good district schools but
was* early obliged to begin the battle of life for himself and entered a store,
which he left at the age of fourteen in order to learn the printing business in
the office of the Niagara (Ontario) Chronicle. After a three years'
apprenticeship he went to St. Catharine's, Ontario, in 1857 where he remained
until 1865.
In the meantime, June 3, 1862, Mr. Patterson was married to Sarah J. Darby and
soon after moved to Welland, Ontario, where they remained j until the fall of
1868, when they went to Mendota, Ill. They, however, returned to Welland in the
summer of 1870 and in the fall of the same year our subject went to Springfield,
Ill., where he was engaged in the State printing office for four years. In the
fall of 1874 he came to Almont and in January of 1875 established the Almont
Herald which he still continues to publish. This journal is so thoroughly well
known in the community and vicinity of Almont that it is needless to speak of it
in laudatory terms. It is a free, straightforward and pure-minded journal that
one need not hesitate to bring into the family.
In addition to Mr. Patterson's editorial work, he has been Township Clerk and
is a member of the Village Council. At the present time he is Village Clerk and
a member of the School Board. He has five living children. He has also lost five
children, there having been four sons and one daughter.
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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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
ALBERT H. PATTERSON is the editor of the Almont Herald, which is published in
that city and is the agricultural organ of the surrounding country as well as
the medium of the current news of the day of the town proper and is also the
advertising medium for commercial matters. He was born in Welland County,
Ontario, June 22, 1840. His parents were formerly residents of Niagara County,
N. Y. As a lad he had the advantages to be derived at good district schools but
was* early obliged to begin the battle of life for himself and entered a store,
which he left at the age of fourteen in order to learn the printing business in
the office of the Niagara (Ontario) Chronicle. After a three years'
apprenticeship he went to St. Catharine's, Ontario, in 1857 where he remained
until 1865.
In the meantime, June 3, 1862, Mr. Patterson was married to Sarah J. Darby and
soon after moved to Welland, Ontario, where they remained j until the fall of
1868, when they went to Mendota, Ill. They, however, returned to Welland in the
summer of 1870 and in the fall of the same year our subject went to Springfield,
Ill., where he was engaged in the State printing office for four years. In the
fall of 1874 he came to Almont and in January of 1875 established the Almont
Herald which he still continues to publish. This journal is so thoroughly well
known in the community and vicinity of Almont that it is needless to speak of it
in laudatory terms. It is a free, straightforward and pure-minded journal that
one need not hesitate to bring into the family.
In addition to Mr. Patterson's editorial work, he has been Township Clerk and
is a member of the Village Council. At the present time he is Village Clerk and
a member of the School Board. He has five living children. He has also lost five
children, there having been four sons and one daughter.
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.....Maxam, Alfred 1825 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
ALFRED MAXAM. Our subject, who is at the present time a resident of Koylton A
Township, Tuscola County, was born September 19, 1825, in Jefferson County, N.
Y. He is a son of William and Martha Maxam. The former was a native of Vermont
and born in 1784. He was reared on a farm and at the age of sixteen he began to
learn the shoemaker's trade. He then went to New York State and while there was
united in marriage to Martha Tifney, a daughter of George Tifney, who was an old
Revolutionary soldier. The couple later emigrated to Summit County, Ohio, in
1834, and there both husband and wife died.
In the parental family were thirteen children whose names are as follows;
William T., T., Martha, Sophia, Elisha, James, Isaac, Susan, Alfred, Danfred,
Joel, Ansel, Linus and Jane. Our subject was thrown upon his own resources in
the way of taking care of himself when sixteen years of age, and at that time he
went to work on a farm in Ohio. After being engaged there for some time he came
to Michigan and located in Van Buren County, in 1845. Four years later he
returned to Ohio and after four years spent in that State he again came back to
Michigan. While in the Buckeye State he had learned the trade of ship calking
and followed it for seven years.
On returning to Michigan Alfred Maxam located in Van Buren County, and there
remained for eleven years, thence coming to Tuscola County twenty-six years ago.
He was married at the age of twenty-two to Mary A. Van Etten. From this union
were born six children, four of whom still survive. They are Martha E., Orinda
E., Orlando S., William P., Alfred L., and Luretta N; the last two are deceased.
Martha is the wife of George Glazier; Orinda is the wife of Samuel Ellis. The
original of our sketch has been honored by the confidence and esteem of his
fellow-citizens who have elected him to various township offices. He held the
offices of Township Treasurer, and Justice of the Peace for several years. The
farm upon which he now lives and which comprises one hundred and sixty acres of
fertile and valuable land, was at the time of his advent hither heavily timbered
and wild.
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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 County MI Archives Biographies.....Peck, Miles G. 1833 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
MILES G. PECK is the son of Ira Peck, a native of Cortland County, N. Y., who
was by trade a carpenter and joiner, but later in life became a farmer. His
mother was Sarah Ann (Simmons) Peck, a native of the same county and State as
her husband, where they were married and resided until 1835, when they came to
Michigan and settled on section 11, Lapeer Township, Lapeer County, being among
the first to come to this township. Among those who were their friends and
neighbors at that early day only Mrs. Lumbard is now living.
Our subject's father procured eighty acres of land, which was wild and almost
inaccessible. He there built a log house and had only money enough to buy a yoke
of steers and a cow. Afterward he was employed in building a courthouse at
Lapeer and otherwise was engaged at his trade, meantime improving sixty acres of
his homestead. In 1848 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres where our
subject now lives. After a varied experience he died, March 14, 1864; his wife
still survives, at the age of seventy-nine years. They were the parents of eight
children, three of whom are now living. Mrs. Peck is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Peck was poitically a Whig and later became a Republican.
The original of our sketch, who owns the fine farm on section 24, Lapeer
Township, is the eldest of the surviving children born to his parents. He was
born February 8, 1833, in Cortland County, N. Y., and was an infant when brought
to this State. He here received a district-school education, in the intervals
learning the secrets of agricultural life. He gave his father his work until
twenty-one years of age and has always been engaged in farming. For five years
he worked the homestead on shares. Just before his father's decease he bought a
mill which the elder gentleman had built in Attica Township. Only two days after
the transfer the father was killed in the mill. Our subject continued the
proprietorship of it for one year and then sold out. Returning to the farm, he
worked upon it in summers and spent the winters in lumbering in Lapeer County,
having had an experience of nineteen years in the last-mentioned work.
The last eighteen years of our subject's life have been devoted exclusively to
his farming interests. October 24, 1862, he made mistress of his household Mary
Harris, a daughter of Benjamin and Sophia (Hollenbeck) Harris, the former of
whom was born upon a passenger sloop, his father being captain of the boat. He
started as cabin boy when quite young and advanced to second mate before leaving
the sea, at the age of eighteen years, and was known as Capt. Charles Harris, a
man who stood high in Masonic circles. He and his crew were captured by the
celebrated Capt. Kidd, and all the captains were put to death except Charles
Harris, whose life was spared because he was a Mason. He was imprisoned in the
hold of the pirate ship and in one night his raven hair was bleached to purest
white. Held a prisoner for about six weeks, he was then set ashore and lived a
number of years after.
Mrs. Peck's mother was born in New York State. Her parents came to Michigan in
1837 and located upon section 34, of Lapeer Township. They afterward sold that
tract and located on section 35, which they also sold, and then removed to
Marathon Township, and settled upon a farm. On retiring from the active pursuit
of farming, they removed to Columbiaville, where the father died in 1880; the
mother still survives, at the age of sixty-five years. They were the parents of
six children, four of whom are now living. A Democrat in his political likings,
Mrs. Peck's father held various township offices, having been Supervisor, Clerk,
Treasurer, etc., of Marathon Township; he was also Justice of the Peace in
Lapeer Township and was connected socially with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Mrs. Peck was born June 4, 1843, in Lapeer Township, where she received
a district-school education.
Our subject and his wife are the payents of five children, four of whom are
surviving. They are Nora A., Mary Hale, Miles Otis and Bertha O. Nora is the
wife of George E. Hosner who lives in Macomb County, and is a farmer; Mary is
the wife of Frank W. Stephens and lives in Lapeer County, a farmer. Our subject
is a member and has been President of the Patrons of Industry, his wife holding
the office of Treasurer in the same society; both are members of the Grange. Mr.
Peck is a Republican in politics. He has one hundred and twenty acres of land,
of which one hundred and ten acres are under cultivation, and upon this he has
put up all the buildings that it at the present time boasts, and he here carries
on mixed farming. He has some fine trotting stock, descendants of Henry Clay and
Hambletonian. After only eight days' training of his two-year-old, it made a
mile in 3:30 at the Lapeer County Fair in 1890.
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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 County MI Archives Biographies.....Shock, Almon And Philip
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
ALMON AND PHILIP SHOCK, now residents of Metamora Township, Lapeer County, are
the sons of Joseph and Melinda (Pierson) Shock, both natives of Pennsylvania, in
which State they were united in marriage and in which the father follows the
occupation of a tiller of the soil, his home being at that time in Northampton.
County, His wife died in 1878 and he was again married. There were ten children
born to the first wife, nine of whom are now living. In 1870, the family removed
to Michigan and settled on two hundred and forty acres on sections 20 and 21, in
Matamora Township. The following year they built an addition to their house
having at that time two hundred and forty acres under splendid cultivation, In
1884 Mr. Shock moved to Kansas and took up land in Butler County, which is now
finely improved and consists of one hundred and sixty broad acres.
Almon Shock has had entire supervision of the homestead farm since his father
removed to Kansas. The home property, however, is still undivided. Almon and his
brother carry on a general farming business equally divided between grain and
stock, which yields a liberal return for the labor expended upon it. Almon was
born in Pennsylvania, January 13, 1853, where he received a limited
district-school education. He is fond of home and has always remained there. At
the age of twenty-four he was married to Miss Ann E. Jones, who is a daughter of
John Jones of this township. She is a native of England having been born there
in 1852. She came to Michigan with her parents at an early age. Their
hearthstone has not been cheered by the bright faces and happy voices of
childhood as they have no children.
Philip Shock was born December 24, 1865, and his marriage to Miss Ledessie
Etnire was celebrated in February, 1890. The bride is a daughter of Samuel
Etnire, who is a resident of Butler County, Kan. Mrs. Shock was born December 4,
1871 in Indiana. Their home has been blessed by the advent of one child whom
they have named Floyd. They are both consistent members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
The Shock brothers are good Republicans in their political views, following
the footsteps of their father, who, although not aspiring to political honors,
held many offices in the county, having been County Surveyor of Lapeer County
for many years and is now holding the responsible position of Postmaster at
Lorena, Kan. He is a well-educated man and began teaching school at the early
age of nineteen years. He is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church
where he resides. The two sons of this worthy parent possess a good deal of
their father's push and energy and work harmoniously together and are bound to
make a success of life.
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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 County MI Archives Biographies.....Moore, George E. 1864 -
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)
GEORGE E. MOORE. He who resides upon and is proprietor of the fine farm on
section 3, Lapeer Township, Lapeer County, is the gentleman whose name is given
above. He is the son of Capt. B. F. and Hannah M. (Martling) Moore. The father
was captain of a vessel on the lakes and settled at LaFayette, Ind., about 1858,
where he engaged in the grain business and came to Michigan in 1869, when he
purchased some pine land in Lapeer County and engaged in the milling and lumber
business. In 1872 he purchased the farm on section 3, which comprised three
hundred and forty-seven acres, most of which was under a good state of
improvement, although he had some stumping and clearing of stone to do, and
built one barn.
Our subject's father was twice married; by the first marriage there were two
children. The second wife, who is now the widow of Mr. Brower, was the mother of
him of whom we write. She has one daughter now living by her first marriage and
is the mother of five children by the present marriage. They are Sands F., an
attorney in Detroit; Emma, who is Mrs. F. Hadley; Lizzie, who is Mrs. Forest
Hadley; Cynthia, Mrs. Brower, and him of whom we write.
Capt. Moore died in 1884; his wife still survives and lives at Lapeer. Their
son and our subject, George E. Moore, was born December 28, 1864, in Lafayette,
Ind. He was educated at the High School in Lapeer and has always been at home.
He owns three hundred and seven acres of land of which two hundred and thirty
are under cultivation. He there carries on general farming, but devotes himself
principally to the raising of sheep, of which he has two hundred head. He also
has some fine horses, the Percheron being his favorite breed, and has besides
fourteen head of high-grade cattle.
October 27, 1885, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Jenny Linton, a daughter of
Thomas and Margaret (Adams) Linton, a resident of Mayfield Township. She is a
Canadian by birth and was born August 18, 1862. She received a good
common-school education and is well-fitted to be the mother of the four children
that have come to these devoted parents. They are Maude, Benjamin F., Grace and
Bertha. Our subject is a member of the Knights of Pythias and also belongs to
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, holding the office of Vice-Grand in the
order at Lapeer. He gives his vote and influence to the Republican party, but
his interest in politics is a secondary consideration to the management of his
own personal affairs.
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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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