Clinton County MI Archives Obituaries.....Curtis, Harvey Dwight July 6, 1914 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Mader [email protected] June 10, 2007, 2:17 pm Clinton Republican, July 9, 1914 OLD VETERAN Harvey D. Curtis Passed Away Monday, Following Long Illness After more than a year of illness and intense suffering at times, Harvey D. Curtis passed awat at his home on Morton Street Monday night. Funeral services were held at the home Thursday at 2:00 o'clock, Rev. C.E. Bishop of the St. Johns Episcopal Church, officiating. Harvey Dwight Curtis was born in Columbia, Lorain County, Ohio, May 28, 1845. On April 15, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Malinda Micle, and to this union were born five children, only two of whom are now living, Harvey D. Curtis, a teacher in the public schools of Port Huron and William Earl, an employee of the electric and water plant of this city. They came to Clinton County, Michigan in 1869 and after living here for a few years moved to Gratiot County, where they lived until comming to St. Johns about six years ago. Besides his wife and two sons, he leaves to mourn thrir loss, an adopted daughter, Miss Bessie Curtis, of this city and one sister, Mrs. Huldah Allen of Detroit. Mr. Curtis was a member of the G.A.R., having enlisted as a private in the 9th. Independent Battery Volunteers, 1st. Artillary in 1862 at the age of 17 years. After serving three years he was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Up until his failing health prevented, he had been an active church worker for many years, always taking great interest in all the church doings. Internment was made in the St. Johns Cemetery. Additional Comments: Harvey Dwight Curtis and Malinda Rose Micle Curtis are buried together at Mount Rest Cemetery, St. Johns, Clinton County, Michigan. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/clinton/obits/c/curtis1922gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb

Ingham County MI Archives Photo Place.....North Stockbridge Cemetery Sign June 9, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Terri Lindemann [email protected] June 9, 2007, 7:44 pm Source: North Stockbridge Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/ingham/photos/northsto104173gph.jpg Image file size: 166.4 Kb North Stockbridge Cemetery Sign Section 3 on Topping Road (between Burden Road and Brogan Road) in Stockbridge Township, Stockbridge, Michigan File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/ingham/photos/northsto104173gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Group.....St. Philip Class Of 1945 June 1, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sara Rice [email protected] June 9, 2007, 11:29 am Source: Helene M. Smith Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/stphilip104109gph.jpg Image file size: 115.7 Kb This is a photo of the Class of 1945 at Battle Creek, St. Philip File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/stphilip104109gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Wayne-Oakland County MI Archives Deaths.....Mikedis, George Daniel October 1, 1982 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Foster [email protected] June 9, 2007, 2:53 am Name: Mikedis, George Daniel Date Of Death: October 1, 1982 Time: Place Of Death: Annapolis Hospital, Wayne, Michigan Residence: Westland, Michigan Gender: Male Race: W Age: 61 Marital Status: Married Spouse: McGlothlin(maiden name) Mikedis, Flora Mae Date Of Birth: October 20, 1920 Place Of Birth: Detroit, Michigan Mother's Name: Rickenbach, Ruth Meta Mae Mother's Birthplace: Perry, Pennsylvania Father's Name: Mikedis, Alexander George Father's Birthplace: Greece Cause Of Death: Lou Gerigs Disease Hospital: Annapolis Hospital, Wayne, Michigan SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Factory Worker Funeral Home: Harris Funeral Home, Garden City, Michigan Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Unavailable Informant: daughter Date Of Burial: October 4, 1982 Place Of Burial: Cadillac Cemetery, Westland, Michigan Date Recorded: October 1982 Source Of Record: daughter File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/wayne/vitals/deaths/mikedis183gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Wayne-Monroe-Washtenaw County MI Archives Deaths.....Foster, Mack Junior June 17, 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Foster [email protected] June 9, 2007, 2:42 am Name: Foster, Mack Junior Date Of Death: June 17, 2003 Time: 11:42 p.m, Place Of Death: while working at Ford Motor Company , Wayne, Michigan Residence: Wayne, Michigan Gender: Male Race: W Age: 67 Marital Status: Married Spouse: Mikedis(maiden name) Foster, Phyllis Jean Date Of Birth: March 4, 1936 Place Of Birth: Ohley Mother's Name: Harper, Carrie Mother's Birthplace: West Va. Father's Name: Foster, Ernie Andrew Father's Birthplace: West Va. Cause Of Death: Heart Attack Hospital: Annapolis Hospital, Wayne, Michigan SS Number: 233-54-3361 Occupation: Inspector at Ford Motor Company Funeral Home: UHT Funeral Home, in Westland , Mi Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Phyllis Jean Foster, (wife) Date Of Burial: June 21, 2003 Place Of Burial: Glenwood Cemetery, Wayne, Michigan Date Recorded: June 2003 Source Of Record: wife File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/wayne/vitals/deaths/foster182gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Clinton County MI Archives Obituaries.....Curtis, Malinda Rose July 12, 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michael Mader [email protected] June 8, 2007, 9:29 pm Clinton County Republican News ST. JOHNS WOMAN, AGED 88, TAKEN BY DEATH JULY 12TH. Mrs. Malinda Micle Curtis, 88, died early Wednesday morning, July 12, at her home at 107 W. Gibbs Street. On Tuesday she was well as usual and on Wednesday her son Earl, with whom she lived, went to her room to see her before he went to his work, and found her asleep. He left the breakfast prepared for her and departed, returning at noon to find she had been dead for several hours. She was the widow of Harvey Curtis, who died July 14, 1914. She is survived by two sons, Earl, with whom she lived since the death of his wife about two years ago, and Dale Curtis, and by several grandchildren. Burial will be at Fulton Center in the family plot. Mrs. Curtis was a faithful member of the Rebekah Lodge and of the W.R.C., both groups attending the funeral. Additional Comments: Malinda Micle Curtis was the daughter of Benjamin W. Micle and Mary C. Haggett and was born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, May 5, 1847. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/clinton/obits/c/curtis1921gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Washtenaw County MI Archives Photo Place.....Overview Map June 1, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jesse Winters [email protected] June 6, 2007, 9:29 pm Source: Chelsea Oak Grove EAST Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/overview14641ph.jpg Image file size: 127.1 Kb Overview map of Oak Grove (East) Freer Road Chelsea Mi File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/overview14641ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Washtenaw County MI Archives Photo Place.....Overview 2 June 1, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jesse Winters [email protected] June 6, 2007, 9:27 pm Source: Chelsea Oak Grove EAST Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/overview14640ph.jpg Image file size: 100.3 Kb Overview of Oak Grove (East) Freer Road Chelsea Mi File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/overview14640ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Washtenaw County MI Archives Photo Place.....Overview June 1, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jesse Winters [email protected] June 6, 2007, 9:25 pm Source: Chelsea Oak Grove EAST Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/overview14639ph.jpg Image file size: 153.3 Kb Overview of Oak Grove (East) Freer Road Chelsea Mi File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/overview14639ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Washtenaw County MI Archives Photo Place.....***** Gate ***** June 1, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jesse Winters [email protected] June 6, 2007, 9:22 pm Source: Chelsea Oak Grove EAST Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/gate14638ph.jpg Image file size: 141.2 Kb Photo of front gate located on Freer Road Chelsea Mi File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/gate14638ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Manistee-Emmet-Charlevoix County MI Archives Marriages.....Unknown, Mathilda - Forey, George E November 1, 1847 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Bond [email protected] June 4, 2007, 8:54 pm Family Bible I'm looking for a copy of their marriage license. He was married twice. The second time to PARDEE ANN JENNETT OVANDY on 31 MAR 1857 I'd like both marriage licenses. They lived in Manistee and also in Petoskey, marriage photos were taken in Boyne City. Thanks for your help. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/manistee/vitals/marriages/unknown44gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Washtenaw County MI Archives Photo Place.....Map Of Chelsea Oak Grove Cemetery June 1, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jesse Winters [email protected] June 3, 2007, 2:07 pm Source: Chelsea Oak Grove Cemetery Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/mapofche14262ph.jpg Image file size: 125.3 Kb Air Map of Oak Grove Cemetery and Oak Grove Cemetery (east) File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/washtenaw/photos/mapofche14262ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Clinton-Washtenaw County MI Archives Obituaries.....Terry, Margaret August 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Iris Phelan [email protected] June 3, 2007, 6:01 pm St. Johns News, Aug. 15, 1918 FUNERAL SERVICES HELD AT HOME TUESDAY ~ Mrs. Joseph Terry passed away at her home on Wight St. on Sunday afternoon after lingering illness. Funeral services were held at the house on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'oclock. Rev. William Roscoe Kedzie officialing. Burial in Mt. Rest. Miss Margaret McCutcheon was born in Ireland on Jan 20, 1842 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McCutcheon. When but four years of age she moved with her parents to Washtenaw county. She was married to Joseph Terry in March, 1860 and moved in that same year to Victor Twp. Fourteen years ago, she and her husband moved to St. Johns. Those who survive her are a brother, Andrew McCutcheon of Shepardsville and her husband who lives here. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/clinton/obits/t/terry1920gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Genesee-Saint Clair County MI Archives Biographies.....Chamberlain, Elliott B. 1833 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] June 2, 2007, 6:35 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) ELLIOTT B. CHAMBERLAIN, who has a fine farm on section 32, Flushing Township, Genesee County, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., March 2, 1833. His parents, Barney and Betsey (Bartlette) Chamberlain, were both natives of New Hampshire, who removed to New York in 1833, and there carried on a farm for two years, after which they came to St. Clair, Mich., and made that their home until 1837, when they came to Flushing, and located where the village now stands. Barney Chamberlain was the first who came to locate within the bounds of this village, and during the second year he bought forty acres which is now a part of the cemetery, and having built a log house settled in it and commenced clearing the timber from his land. He remained there for many years and then moved to where James Penoyer now lives, and there remained until his death which took place in 1874. His devoted wife had passed from earth in 1847, while the family was residing on the old homestead in Flushing Township. The father of our subject was made Overseer of the Poor and also Roadmaster. His political views were of the Whig persuasion and he was also a member of the Masonic order. When he first came to Flushing there was no market nearer than Pontiac, and later on Flint was the market town. It took him six days to go to Pontiac and return with his double ox-team. Of his four children two are now living, Caleb and our subject. The early education of our subject was taken in a small school house at Flushing where the High School building now stands. All the time that he could be spared from school the boy used in helping to clear the land and putting it in shape for cultivation. At the age of fifteen years he engaged in the lumber business on the Flint River, which line of work he followed for nine winters, camping out through all that time. After Mr. Chamberlain went out of the lumber business he followed threshing, first with the old horse power and later with the steam thresher, receiving from six to three cents per bushel for this service, and continued in this business for eighteen seasons. He had quite a circuit of customers and went from farm to farm within six miles of his home. During one season he threshed for seventy days and booked over $700. Our subject commenced farming in 1855 on the east side of Flint River on section 23, Flushing Township. Here he bought forty acres of land all of it in timber and built upon it a small board house. He lived here for about thirty years, and after clearing away the timber and putting the land in shape for crops carried on general farming. When Mr. Chamberlain sold that property he purchased eighty acres where he now lives, and upon this he has a beautiful home one mile and a half from Flushing. On the 4th of November, 1855, he married Miss Maria Thompson, a native of Oneida County, N. Y., and daughter of Charles and Milison (Betts) Thompson. Mr. Thompson was a native of Chatham Township, Columbia County, N. Y., as was also his good wife, and he devoted himself to farming although later in life he was a stonemason. He came to Michigan in 1851 and lived on section 23, Flushing Township, where he continued to make his home with our subject until his death which took place in 1869. His devoted companion departed this life in Oneida Comity, N. Y., June 9, 1830. The principles and policy of the Democratic party are those which are approved by Mr. Chamberlain. He belongs to the Farmers' alliance, of Genesee County, and he also belongs to the order of Masonry. Take him all in all Mr. Chamberlain is not only one of the most prominent citizens of the township but is also one of the most useful 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 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/genesee/bios/chamberl744gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb

Genesee-Wayne County MI Archives Biographies.....Kilroy, William 1851 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] June 2, 2007, 6:12 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) REV. WILLIAM KILROY. The gentleman whose name appears above is the shepherd of the flock of devout Catholics who are located in Fenton, Genesee County, having parochial charge of the church of St. John's of this city. Father Kilroy was born in King's County, Ireland, March 8, 1851. He is a son of Thomas and Rachel (Scarson) Kilroy. The former was a native of Ireland, and the mother of England. The latter died April 16, 1858. The father is a farmer and is still living, hale and hearty, being past ninety years of age. Father Kilroy's ancestors have been noted for longevity. His paternal grandmother lived to be more than a hundred years old, and of her eight children three are yet living. Our subject attended the village school of his parish when a lad, and remained there until 1862, when, at the age of about ten years, he was placed in the College of the Immaculate Conception near Athlone, where he remained two years. In 1864 he entered St. Mel's College at Longford, Ireland, where he remained for five years. In 1869 he sailed for America, and entered St. Mary's College at Cincinnati, where he completed his studies June 20, 1874. Father Kilroy was ordained July 14, 1874, and was stationed at Detroit, where he acted as assistant to Father Donovan, pastor of St. Peter and St. Paul's Church on Jefferson Avenue. Father Kilroy came to Fenton, September 22, 1876, and became pastor of St. John's Church, where he has since continued, standing high in the esteem and affection of his parishioners. The society here was organized about 1869, and it is now in a flourishing condition, thanks to the care and enterprise of the reverend gentleman, who has charge of the temporal as well as spiritual matters of the church. 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 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/genesee/bios/kilroy743gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb

Lapeer-Van Buren County MI Archives Biographies.....Hutton, George S. 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] June 2, 2007, 6:10 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) GEORGE S. HUTTON, a druggist of Hartley, was born in Lapeer County, September 27, 1861, and is the only son in a family of seven children, all but one of whom are still living, namely: Lucy E., wife of S. D. Hemingway, of Hadley Township; Nancy R., wife of Theodore E. Lambertson, of Hadley; our subject; Leah G., Mrs. Kirk White, of Lapeer; Katie, who died in childhood; Mary E. and Millie. The parents of this household, Robert S. and Climena (Palmerlee) Hutton, were natives of Scotland and New York respectively. The father was born at Kinross, Scotland, in September, 1830, and came to America with his parents when a child, and with them became an early settler in Genesee County. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hadley for many years, during his residence here prior to 1884, at which time he removed to Lapeer. He followed merchandising most of his life, and in the spring of 1869 he established a store in Hadley, which he carried on until the fall of 1881, and in 1884 Robert S. Hutton was elected Registrar of Deeds, an office which he held until June, 1886 when he fell dead in his office, while discharging his duties. His wife still survives, and makes her home in Hadley. Our subject bought the store which he is now carrying on from Mr. Charles Moorland in May, 1891, it being the only one of the kind in the town. He carried drugs, groceries, paints and oils, school-books and stationery. The marriage of George S. Hutton and Millie, daughter of George Davenport, took place June 24, 1885, and unto this union were born two children, Beulah and Robert S. Mrs. Hutton died in December, 1888, and in March, 1891, our subject took as his wife Miss Carrie S., daughter of Charles Turner. The political convictions of Mr. Hutton bring him into line with the Republican party, and he is looked upon as one of the most intelligent men of his way of thinking in his township. He was appointed to fill the unexpired term as Registrar of Deeds in the place of his father at the time of that parent's sudden death, and was subsequently elected to this same office for two terms in succession. Since coming to Hadley he has been made a member of the School Board, and was appointed Township Treasurer, September 5, 1891, to fill the unexpired term of F. C. Mueller. He is a stanch and active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is one of the village Trustees. 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 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/lapeer/bios/hutton742gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb

Lapeer-Van Buren County MI Archives Biographies.....Thomas, Le Roy 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] June 2, 2007, 6:07 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) LE ROY THOMAS. New York State has contributed many valuable citizens to Lapeer County among whom may be named the subject of this notice, now of Metamora Township. His father was Alanson Thomas, a native of Jefferson County, N. Y., his business being that of a miller, the owner of grist and saw-mills. He was also a true patriot having served in the War of 1812. His wife, Sarah (Saunders) Thomas was a native of Rhode Island. Her father was a Revolutionary soldier and later on served in the War of 1812 at which time he was taken prisoner to Canada and never heard of afterward. The parents of our subject were married in New York where they resided until after the death of Mrs. Thomas which took place in 1871. Mr. Thomas again married and removed to Michigan where he died at the good old age of ninety years. Of the first marriage, nine children were born, four of whom only are now living. Our subject was born March 18, 1819, in Monroe County, N. Y., where his father had a farm, saw and grist mills. Our subject having been born in the woods he had but a slim chance for an education. Previous to moving to Michigan he followed the business of milling which he learned from his father. Mr. Thomas was married in 1844 to Miss Almira Cheney, daughter of Ira Cheney, who was a farmer of Monroe County, N. Y. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and died at the age of eighty. Both sides of the family are blessed with a patriotic inheritance. Her parents had a family of eight children, three of whom are now living. Mrs. Thomas was born June 8, 1825, in Monroe County, N. Y. They are the parents of three children, one only of whom is now living-James E., who is married to Ettie Cunningham. They live on the home farm with their two children, named Addie and Arthur. Our subject came to Michigan in 1856 and removed upon his present farm in 1857, which was then but partially improved. He has now two hundred acres, one hundred and fifty of which are improved. There is an immense amount of timber and stones upon this farm. All the buildings now on the place have been put up by Mr. Thomas. In addition to his farm he has quite an orchard of ten acres. During all these years Mr. Thomas has been a very hard working man. It is gratifying to see that his work has not been in vain as he is the owner now of a fine property and able to take life easy; his wife died in April, 1885. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His eldest daughter, Caroline, was the wife of J. O. Perkins. She died some time since leaving two children. His second daughter, Susie, who was the wife of Prof. P. N. Hagle is also deceased, she having left one child. Realizing the want of an education himself Mr. Thomas gave his children good educational advantages. His sterling qualities have been fully appreciated by the citizens of his township and he has held many offices. He was a member of the local School Board for many years, Road Overseer, and while in New York State he was Poormaster of his county. During the Civil War, Mr. Thomas helped to clear Metamora Township of its draft money. His prospects were not very bright when he first came to Michigan in 1839 when he came to Romeo and hired out to Mr. Starkweather to work in the pineries, putting in a mill saw. at which time he only saw one white man for two months. He evidently did not like that kind of life as he returned home to New York. He made trips West, however, as often as once in every two years, and finally settled here. He has carried on general farming including the raising of one hundred and thirty Merino sheep. Twelve years ago he received a very severe sunstroke from which he never fully recovered. He was indebted for his land when he settled on it to the extent of $600 which debt was long since cleared away, and a handsome competence secured besides. 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 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/lapeer/bios/thomas741gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb

Tuscola-Wayne-Van Buren County MI Archives Biographies.....Van Etten, William 1840 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] June 2, 2007, 6:03 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) WILLIAM VAN ETTEN. The gentleman who owns the attractive farm on section 34, Koylton Township, Tuscola County, was born in Wayne County, this State, in 1840. He is a son of Peter and Elizabeth Van Etten. The former was born near Rochester, N. Y., and his boyhood days were spent on a farm in that vicinity. He adopted agriculture as his life calling. Our subject's mother was in her maiden days a Miss Elizabeth Penoyer, a daughter of Reuben Penoyer. After his marriage the elder Mr. Van Etten moved his family to Michigan and settled first in Wayne County, where he lived for several years. He then moved to Van Buren County, which he made his home until his decease. Our subject was one of six children born to his parents. They were Reuben, Mary A., William, Margery, Sarah J. and John. The family were brought up in the faith and creed as taught by the Presbyterian Church. On reaching his majority our subject enlisted in the War of the Rebellion, joining Company H, Twelfth Michigan Infantry. He fought at Pittsburg Landing and at Montgomery. At the latter place he was taken prisoner, and in October, 1862, he was exchanged and taken to the hospital at Annapolis. He was discharged from service in 1863. Since that time he has ever been a cripple, having contracted rheumatism from the bitter exposure suffered during prison life. He now, however, receives $30 per month pension. In 1875 our subject located on his present farm and in 1878 was united in marriage to Miss Anna G. Glazier, a daughter of John B. and Keziah Glazier. Mrs. Van Etten is one of seven children born to her parents. Her union with our subject has been crowned by the advent of six children into their family. They are Elizabeth, Margery L., Amanda J., Bertha E., Mary Ellen and Ada A. The last two are now deceased. Although our subject and his wife are divided as to their religious creeds, he being a Baptist and his wife a Methodist, they are united in the main principles of Christianity. Mr. Van Etten is a member of Post No. 256, G. A. R., of Marlette. 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 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/tuscola/bios/vanetten740gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb

Tuscola-Oakland-Shiawassee County MI Archives Biographies.....Tower, William J. 1844 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] June 2, 2007, 5:56 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) WILLIAM J. TOWER. Among the well-known and active business men of Vassar, esteemed for integrity and uprightness, as well as for industry and frugality, is the gentleman whose portrait appears on the opposite page and who is now clerk in the co-operative store of the Patrons of Industry at Vassar. He was born in the township of Avon, Oakland County, Mich., April 19, 1844, and is a son of Samuel S. Tower, a native of Vermont, of Welsh descent, and Emily Chapman, who was born in New York and is of Holland stock. The boyhood days of our subject were spent on a farm and he attended school but fifteen months in all. Upon the 19th of October, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company A, Tenth Michigan Infantry. In every battle in which the regiment engaged he participated, with the exception of the famous battle of Chickamauga, at which time he was ill and had been detailed to guard forage. He was never wounded, but contracted a serious ailment from which he still suffers, and it is but just that our Government grant a pension of $12 per month to one who in his youth offered himself so freely in the dark days of the Civil War. He received his honorable discharge June 29, 1865. Having returned from the war, Mr. Tower engaged as a farmer in Shiawassee County, Mich., where he owned forty acres of land. On the 23d of September, 1867, he was united in marriage with Maria, daughter of Caspar and Maria (Rhodes) Croope. This lady and her parents were natives of New York, but were of German descent. She has become the mother of four children, namely: Caspar, who was born June 19, 1868, in Shiawassee County, and is now married and living upon a farm in Vassar Township; Carrie, who died at the age of nine years; Cora, who was born in Shiawassee County, August 29, 1872; and Clarence, who was born June 3, 1874. Mr. Tower farmed until 1887, when he was commissioned by the Supreme President of the Patrons of Industry to organize subordinate associations in various counties in the State, and during the year and a half in which he carried on this work he formed ninety-nine associations. He is Lecturer and President of Tuscola County, and is Supreme Vice-President of the Knights of Industry of North America at the present time. In 1890 he engaged in the sale of agricultural implements and in 1891 he came to Vassar to live. During one term he was Highway Commissioner in Argentine Township, Genesee County, and wherever he has been called upon to serve the people he has done it to the satisfaction of all. He is a sincere worker in the cause of the Patrons of Industry and like many other self-made men is practical and strong in his ideas of work, and clear in his convictions. 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 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/tuscola/bios/tower739gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Cook, Henry H. 1836 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] June 2, 2007, 5:53 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) HENRY H. COOK. Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, contains a large number of enterprising and intelligent farmers who have made their mark upon the business interests of the county, and are full of enterprise and push. Among such we find the gentleman whose name now appears at the head of this writing, and who resides on section 20, of this township. He is a New Yorker by birth, having first seen the light in Livingston County, N. Y., February 12, 1836. His parents, Gilbert G. and Wealthy (Pierson) Cook, were natives of Connecticut and New York respectively, and from the East they came to this county, in 1836, and not long after removed to Grand Blanc Township, where they settled in the woods, on a piece of property where not a tree had been touched previous to their arrival. The land was purchased from the Government and upon it was erected a log cabin, and here the family lived for several years, but later built a better home. Gilbert Cook was the father of four children, namely, Joseph P., Sarah M. (wife of O. Whitmore), Henry H. and Ellen A., the latter being Mrs. A. J. Cronk. He of whom we write had his boyhood's training in this county and remembers with interest the pioneer days and his intercourse with the Indians, who were numerous. He can also remember some interviews not perhaps so agreeable, but even more exciting, with the wolves and bears, which were close neighbors and frequent callers at that time. He did considerable pioneer work in his younger days and after his father's death cleared up the remainder of the farm and put it under cultivation, thus improving about one hundred acres, which came into his hands in a wild condition. The district schools of this county, in the early days of Mr. Cook, were not especially notable as furnishing a thorough and exhaustive course of instruction, but the drill was excellent and the elementary branches therein taught were of vital importance to the youth, who is now a man, and prepared him to benefit by the constant course of reading which he has pursued through life. The marriage of Mr. Cook, upon the 21st of May, 1863, brought to his home a worthy helpmate in the person of Sarah D. Parker, of Grand Blanc Township. By this union there were born four children, three of whom are living, and the names are Ira P., Fred L., Archie W. and Abbie W. The two younger children had the advantages of the Clinton High School after completing their studies in the district school. Our subject now owns one hundred and eighty-seven acres of good land and this possession is the undoubted result of the brave efforts and industry which have been exhibited by him and his worthy companion. The School Board of his district has been greatly aided by his membership in it and he has been Treasurer of that body. His political views bring him into line with the Republican party, and in every effort for the improvement of the community he has been a true and constant helper. Mrs. Cook and her daughter, Abbie, are earnest and devoted members of the Congregational Church at Grand Blanc, and all the members of the family are prized in the community as worthy members of society. Mr. Cook is well known for his conservatism and his integrity in business, and these genuine qualities have earned for him the esteem and regard of all who know him. 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 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/genesee/bios/cook738gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb