Tuscola-Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Thomas, Jacob 1795 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:46 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JACOB THOMAS. The gentleman whose name appears above does not lack many years of being a centenarian, and as such, were it not for numerous other considerations that command the respect and honor of his fellow-citizens, he would be greatly venerated. He is a native of New Hampshire and was born May 29, 1795. He is a son of Jacob Thomas, also a native of New Hampshire, who lived in his native State until an old man, when he went to New York and made his home with his daughter, a Mrs. Morse, and there died. He was married to Miss Ruth Perkins, a native of New Hampshire, and to them were born five sons and five daughters. He was a farmer by calling and a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He took pride in being a loyal private citizen, who helped to make the laws by abiding by them. Our subject's grandsire was Jonathan Thomas, who lived and died in New Hampshire. Our subject was reared on the home place and at the age of sixteen enlisted in the War of 1812, and was discharged after a service of eighteen months. He made himself a favorite with his commanding officer and still has in his possession a letter of recommendation. He draws a pension from the War of 1812 and is one of the three soldiers of that war now surviving in Michigan, and he was at the treaty when nine thousand Indians surrendered to Gen. Harrison at Greenville, Ind., in 1815. When a young man our subject removed to New York and was there married to Miss Polly Brown, a native of Connecticut. They became the parents of three children. One of these died at the age of eighteen months. The eldest son, Matthew P., married Deborah A. Aikins, a daughter of Benjamin Aikins, a native of Connecticut, and became the father of three children. Matthew P. died in 1866 in Millington. He was always a farmer and was the father of two sons and one daughter, all of whom are now living. The sons are married and the daughter lives at home with her mother. Matthew A. married Alice Copeland-he now lives in California; Egbert M. married Fannie Doane and lives in Nebraska, near Staunton, where he is operating a large ranch. Mr. Thomas came to Michigan in 1836 and settled in Genesee County on a farm that he bought from the Government. He then owned one hundred and sixty acres and later added forty acres. He came to Tuscola County in 1861 and has since been here a resident. He purchased seventy-two acres and at the present time owns fifty-three acres, having sold the remainder to the village, and the tract is known as the Thomas Addition. Our subject was bereft of his wife September 9, 1830. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and for sixty-five years has been so associated. He has always taken an active interest in Church work and was for sixteen years a Class-Leader and Steward. He has often walked five miles in order to hold prayer meeting and was faithful to the work for nine years. Our subject was originally a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party has cast his political lines with it. Personally Mr. Thomas is surprisingly vigorous for his years. He has always been a temperate man and his morals have been above reproach. He used tobacco from the time he was sixteen years of age until seventy-one years old, and ceasing to use the weed at that time, is now not so nervous at ninety-six as he was at seventy-one. We sincerely hope that Mr. Thomas will be spared to enjoy in health and mental vigor the celebration of his one hundredth birthday. 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/thomas95nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Rogo, Charles 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] April 22, 2007, 3:43 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) CHARLES ROGO. The gentleman whose name is at the head of this sketch is the owner of a tidy little farm located on section 3, Flushing Township, Genesee County. It comprises sixty acres of land and is in excellent condition. Its proprietor was born in Prussia, January 1, 1836. He is a son of Joakin and Regina (Wyatt) Rogo, both natives of Prussia. Our subject's father was engaged as a laborer upon a farm. He came with his family, which comprised his wife and eight children, to America in 1842 and settled in Niagara County, N. Y., where he was engaged as a farm laborer and later purchased a small place in the township of Wheatfield. They lived there for some years and then removed to Royalton in the same county, where they lived until the father's death. He was a Democrat in politics, and in religious belief with his family belonged to the Lutheran Church. The eight children that were included in the family were Fredericka, John, Christ, Mena, William, Frederick, Charles and Caroline. Our subject received the advantages offered by the public schools of Niagara County and when old enough was engaged in work on the neighboring farms by the month. He continued to work out until his marriage in 1859, his bride being Miss Jane E. Cobb, a native of Akron, Erie County, N. Y. She was born December 19, 1836, and is a daughter of Lucius and Electa (Whitney) Cobb, natives of New York and Vermont respectively. He was a large farmer. Mrs. Rogo's father was one of the prominent men of Akron and held many of the township offices. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is his wife who, at the age of eighty-four years, is a resident of Akron. Our subject was the superintendent of a dairy after his marriage and also worked in a mill. He rented a place for three years and later moved to Canada and was engaged in farming for eighteen months and then in 1873 came to Michigan and settled where he now lives. At that time there was not a tree cut on the place. He built a log house which was 20x26 feet in dimensions and a story and a half in height. Since then the work of improvement has progressed rapidly. He has cleared off his farm and has a fine orchard and shade trees. Mrs. Rogo is proud of the fact that she helped to saw the logs for the house. She was a brave woman who was undaunted by difficulties that would have paralyzed the efforts of many a weaker one of her sex. Her husband and one son had the ague when they came here and were unable to do much work; then Mrs. Rogo stepped into the harness and did everything that offered and was at all remunerative. For the first three or four years they endured the privations of pioneer life. The second year of their stay they procured a yoke of yearling steers and at the end of the first winter traded for a three-year-old yoke of steers. They rented a cow for a year for $10 and the calf became their own. Now Mr. Rogo has three horses, two cows and ten sheep, also twenty-one hogs. There is no farm around this vicinity that Mr. Rogo has not given a helping hand to log off. He and his wife have been the parents of two children, both sons, whose names are Truman H. and Endle C. Truman married Carrie Stone and resides in Flushing; they have one son, Glenn. Endle married Nina Stephenson and resides in Flint; they have one daughter, Neva D. Our subject is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Farmer's Alliance. He has been Pathmaster for four years and is a good farmer of this township. 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/rogo94nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....McFarlen, John R. 1854 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:39 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JOHN R. McFARLEN. The portrait on the opposite page is that of one of the representative pioneers and most prominent citizens of Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County. He is a man who has done much for the march of progress in this portion of the State and the work of individuals like him cannot be too greatly estimated, for it takes many hands to perfect and complete a municipality or Government. Mr. McFarlen is a native of Monroe County, N. Y., born July 2, 1825, and is a son of Joseph and Evelin (Perry) McFarlen. His father was a native of Monroe County, N. Y., and was born in July 1799, while the mother was born in 1801. In 1828 Joseph McFarlen emigrated with his family of which our subject was one, to the then Territory of Michigan, coming hither via Lake Erie through Detroit and from that point to Genesee County. The family settled on section 15, Grand Blanc Township, making their home in the woods, where they erected a log house and in that resided for a number of years, until it was destroyed by fire. For many years Joseph McFarlen was so straightened in circumstances that he was denied many of the comforts that seemed necessary to pioneer life. For the first three years he had not enough money to buy a cow and was obliged to do without one. The old people both survive and although advanced in years are still hale and sturdy and in the full possession of their faculties. On the advent of the family into this country there were still many Indians about and also numerous wild animals, against which they were obliged to be on the alert. The father served in some of the minor township offices during the years that are past and although he was a Democrat before the war he has of late years been a Republican. He was the father of three children-John R., Sarah E., who is the wife of William Hadley; and Harriet W., the wife of Hon. A. W. Davis. The sturdy fibre which is brought out by pioneer life and the independence of character usually found in the descendants of first settlers, early characterized John R. McFarlen. He was reared to manhood when the country was evolving from the crudeness of its original state to its present beauty. As a lad he was taught to guide a yoke of oxen in breaking up new ground and has been obliged to use as many as four yoke in breaking a difficult piece of new land where the tangled roots of trees and the stumps would not readily yield. They had nothing to do with horses for many years, using instead the slow old-time beast of burden. Our subject received his education in the early district school of Grand Blanc Township, where the advantages offered for higher education were very limited. * He has endeavored, however, throughout life to make up by individual effort the meagerness of his early training. September 28, 1853, our subject was married to Margery Hadley, who was born in New York, and is a daughter of John and Margery Hadley of Oakland County, this State. By this union our subject and his wife became the parents of four children, whose names are Eveline, the wife of George M. Embury; Harriet E., wife of Clark Laymen; Mary E., wife of Sumner Rust; and Susan. In former years Mr. McFarlen voted with the Republican party, but of late years he has been an ardent Prohibitionist, believing the principles involved in that party to be those that will lead to purity and efficiency in Government. In her church relations Mrs. McFarlen is a member of the Methodist Episcopal body at Grand Blanc. They are active promoters of every beneficial feature in social life and have a large circle of warm friends. Mr. McFarlen is one of the representative pioneers and is much looked up to by all who know him. He is the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land which is under most excellent cultivation, and at one time was the owner of six hundred acres but has given a part of it to his children. His efforts in an agricultural way have been crowned with success, and he is a fine representative of the typical and thrifty Michigan farmer. 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/mcfarlen93nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 4.9 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Walker, Herbert W. 1854 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:35 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) HERBERT W. WALKER. He whose name appears above is one of the men who without ambition to take a high place in political life, forms the framework and sinew of the best class of social and productive workers from the fact that his whole work is characterized as excellent, without troubling himself as to what others may do or may not do. At the present time holding the office of Justice of the Peace of Grand Blanc Township, Genesee County, many of the difficulties of the locality are settled. He of whom we write lives on section 2, he being a native of the county and having been born on the farm whereon he now lives, February 21, 1854. He is a son of Walter and Julia (Remington) Walker. His paternal ancestors were English as were also those on the maternal side. Walter Walker was reared in the Empire State and there lived until the spring of 1836, when he emigrated with his family to this county. They came by the way of the lakes, landing at Detroit and thence proceeding by team to Genesee County, where they made a settlement on the farm now occupied by our subject. Riches were not his on coming to the county, and their home was a modest cabin in the woods, having to cut a road through the bushes and timber in order to get to the place. They spent several years in their log cabin and lived en the farm for over half a century and like most pioneers were not unacquainted with the exigencies of pioneer life. Walter Walker and his wife were the parents of eight children, seven of whom still live. They are Lydia, wife of R. W. Day; Elihu, Giles D., Isaac, Juliet, wife of F. W. Fuller, John and Herbert W. Our subject's father is a stanch Republican in politics and at his decease in November of 1886, was much missed by the community at large, being an enterprising and public-spirited man. His wife followed him to the better land in 1887. Our subject's father was reared in the Quaker faith, to which he remained faithful during life. Besides his own farm he cleared up ninety acres of land belonging to others and which was heavily timbered, and he cut by the acre. He paid for his own farm principally by his earnings in this way, supplementing this means of livelihood by the products of the place. Herbert W. Walker was reared to manhood in this locality, whose growth he has witnessed until the present time. As a lad he received the advantages offered by the public schools. On reaching manhood he was married May 5, 1874, to Miss Delpha Allen, who was born in Grand Blanc Township, May 7, 1853. She was a daughter of Aden L. and Mary (Sweet) Allen, early settlers of this place, having come here in 1835. They were natives of New York. Their first home on coming here was on section 3. The mother died in 1880. To Mrs. Walker's parents were born seven children, whose names were Irene, Esther, Mrs. Walker, Addie, Marion L., Archie and Wilbur. Esther is the wife of the Rev. G. A. Atchison, of the Baptist Church; Addie is the wife of Harry Cook. To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Walker have been born two children, to whom have been given the names of Walter H. and Harry G. Our subject is now serving his second term as Justice of the Peace. He is a Republican in politics and he and his wife are united in their creed as held by the Baptist Church. They are active members of society. Socially Mr. Walker is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is the owner of seventy acres of land which is under a good state of cultivation. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Walker was a soldier in the War of 1812 and Giles D., brother of our subject, was a soldier in the late Civil War. Mr. Walker believes in taking advantage of all the improvements of agricultural work. He is the second man to use a regular hay press in Genesee County, and he has been following this business for several years in connection with farming, having begun to press hay in 1871. He has a striking business ability, as his farm which is in perfect order, evidences. So loyal has lie been thus far to the interests of the locality that it is assured that the future development of the county will find in him one of its strongest supporters. 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/walker92nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb

Lapeer-Wayne County MI Archives Biographies.....Wilson, William Wallace 1828 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:21 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) WILLIAM WALLACE WILSON. Among the native sons of Michigan who made of themselves prominent business men in Lapeer, we are pleased to mention in this BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD this well-known painter and paper hanger, who was born at Detroit, May 20, 1828. He is a son of John W. and Deborah (Cushman) Wilson. The father, who was of American origin, and who was according to the best recollection of the son, born at Middlebury, Vt., died when William was but two years of age, in Columbus, Ohio. The marriage of the parents took place at Middlebury, June 14, 1812. Our subject's earliest recollections are of being at Shoreham, Vt., whence his sister, Mrs. Mary A. Wells, took him to Ypsilanti, Mich., expecting him to make his home with her, but in the year 1840 the little fellow ran away from home and became a boot black. He remembers blacking the boots of Gen. William Henry Harrison for which he received a dollar. The next we hear of this youth he was in Sarnia, Canada, where he was employed to buy sugar and furs from the Indians in which work he continued for a year. He next went to Albany, N. Y., paying his way by acting as canal boy, getting $7 a month and board, and he was at Albany during the great fire which desolated that city. The night preceding that disaster a colored boy came to seek lodging at the boarding house where young Wilson worked and was refused on account of having no money, but Wilson told him not to go away and that he would find him a place to sleep, which he did, and this black boy was the means of saving the lives of all who were in the house by rousing them when the fire approached their dwelling. They barely escaped with their lives and without a hat young Wilson made his way to New York where he spent some six months. After a year passed upon Long Island, this young man returned to Vermont where his brother, John B., was living, and there worked in an hotel, and at Deerfield, Mass., he for two years did chores for his board and went to school. Returning to Vermont he spent a short time there and then went to New London, Oneida County, N. Y., and two years later came to Michigan, locating in Hillsdale. But in 1849 when the gold fever broke out he went to California by way of the Isthmus and after working in the mines and at other kinds of labor for a year, he returned East with his brother-in-law who was suffering with palsy. Mr. Wilson now spent two years in a window shade and paper hanging establishment with his brother, Clark, in New York City, and then came to Lapeer County, this State, to which his brother, John B., had already removed and at once undertook farming. He was married December 24, 1855, to Miss Lomira Brazie, daughter of Nathan and Delight (Knapp) Brazie. She was born in Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio. June 12, 1836, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1854. Her father is still living and is now eighty-two years of age. He was born in Summit, Schoharie County, N. Y., December 9, 1809. He was bereaved of his wife, May 18, 1889; she died in Flint and is buried in Lapeer. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have two children, Clark W., born in Lapeer, December 5, 1856 and now living in Dallas, Tex., where he is correspondent and business agent for the Ft. Worth Gazette. He was married in Kansas City, Mo., June 11, 1884, to Miss Ida Meade. Their home has been blessed by the birth of one child- Hattie Belle. The second son, William Wirt Wilson, is a photographer and makes his home in Philadephia. The political convictions of Mr. Wilson are such as have brought him into line with the Republican party, and in Arcadia Township, Lapeer County, where he formerly resided he was Township Treasurer for three years besides being Supervisor and School Inspector. He served the Government as enrolling officer for the space of a year. The Universalist Church is the religious body with which Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are identified, and in it they are active and earnest members. They spent two years from 1884 to 1886 in Little Rock, Ark. and although they enjoyed this life in the Southland they find their most congenial home in Michigan. 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/wilson91nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb

Lapeer-Wayne County MI Archives Biographies.....Kennett, Charles 1822 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:14 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) CHARLES KENNETT, a resident of Almont, Lapeer County, was born in Kent, England, his natal day being August 24, 1822. He is a son of Charles I. and Sarah (Paine) Kennett. The parents came to America when our subject was about four years of age, living in Albany and Troy each a year, where the father followed his trade, which is that of a carpenter and joiner. He removed to Detroit in 1828, and soon after located in Wyandotte, where he became the proprietor of an hotel and stage line. He was there engaged for nine years in various occupations and came to Almont Township in 1840. Here he purchased land and continued to live until about 1868-69, when he removed to the village. Charles Kennett was a Democrat, but never an office-seeker. He was the father of but one child -our subject. Charles Kennett, Jr., received but a common-school education, and as a lad used to enjoy the freedom of looking after his father's ponies which ran wild over the country along the Detroit River. To him was given the main care of these sturdy little animals, and he used besides to make himself useful about the hotel and stage line. He was not fond of school, preferring the stirring life of the open air. He continued with his father, being satisfied with his career as it was. The original of our sketch was united in marriage, April 2, 1865, to Miss Cordelia Eveline Vail, daughter of Edward and Mary Ann (Dodge) Vail. She was born at Dunham's Flats, Lower Canada, July 9, 1832. Since his marriage our subject has been engaged chiefly in farming. He now owns several farms, aggregating in all about two hundred and fifty acres, which is located in Almont Township, Lapeer County. Our subject is a Democrat when he votes in National affairs, but for home offices casts his vote and influence for the best man. Mr. and Mrs. Kennett have one daughter, Kate M., who is still the life and brightness of the home. Mr. Kennett now rents his farms on shares, giving them his attention to a certain extent. He also lends money and derives a good income from his various branches of business. 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/kennett90nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Johnson, Jethro ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 4:11 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JETHRO JOHNSON, deceased. We are gratified to be able to here give a sketch of one who was for many years a representative citizen of Watertown Township, Tuscola County. He was born in New York in Jefferson County, and his father, Joshua Johnson, resided in that county for many years, and finally removed to Ohio, where he died. His wife, Experience Tibbie, was the mother of twelve children. Joshua Johnson and his wife were natives of Connecticut. Jethro Johnson was four years of age when he removed to Ohio, and there after reaching manhood he was married to Abigail A. Moon, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Leet) Moon, natives of Vermont and Massachusetts respectively. Their ten children were all daughters. Joseph Moon was a carpenter by trade and very ingenious in his work. He became an early settler in Watertown Township, where he resided for a number of years and owned a farm of one hundred and twenty acres. He returned to Ohio in 1868, and there died six years later, his wife having departed in 1883. The father of Joseph Moon was James Moon, a native of Vermont, who removed to Ohio and finally to Flint. His wife was Dorcas Dodge, and to her were born twelve children. He was a farmer throughout his active years, but finally retired from business and lived in Flint until he passed away. The subject of this sketch came to Michigan in 1856, and made his home on one hundred and sixty acres of land in Watertown Township. He pursued the double vocation of carpenter and farmer, and did a vast amount of pioneer work. He built his own house and lived to see great improvements in this part of the country and to see many handsome buildings erected. The twelve children who were born to our subject and his estimable wife are: William J., Melissa R., Burton E., Emma E., Howard L., Byron E., Dell, Eliza M., Charles M., Frank R., Ann Eliza and Luke. Mr. Johnson and his wife are members of the Free Will Baptist Church at Mayville, this State. Their eldest son, William J., enlisted in Company D, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, and served in the Civil War. He enlisted July 27, 1862, and served until October 12, 1864. He was in the hospital at Bowling Green, Ky., for some time, and then came to Detroit, and thence came home, where he died October 24, 1864. Jethro Johnson died December 14, 1871, and his worthy wife is now living at the age of sixty-seven years. She resides at the old homestead. Her daughter, Eliza, and her two sons, Burton and Howard, live with her on the homestead. The family was one of the first in the township and the first township meeting was held at Mr. Johnson's house, and at that session the name of Watertown was bestowed upon it. Mrs. Johnson has in her possession the first ballot box which was used in that township, and she prepared dinner for the men who attended that first township meeting. The political affiliations of this family are with the Republican party, and the young men are highly respected in this part of the county. Mrs. Johnson has six children living, four sons and two daughters-Burton E., Howard L., Charles M., Frank R., Dell and Ann Eliza. Of these three are married and three single. Charles M. married Etta Johnson; Frank R. married Alvin Hoord, and Dell married Orin Gooch. 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/johnson89nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb

Genesee-Oakland-Shiawassee County MI Archives Biographies.....Hosie, Carrie Jaycox ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 4:02 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) MRS. CARRIE HOSIE is one of the women who is gifted with business tact and talent sufficient to carry on successfully a lucrative agricultural business. She is the owner of eighty acres of land on section 34, Flushing Township, Genesee County, and has a pleasing establishment that pays well for the care she gives it. Mrs. Hosie is a native of Clarkston, Oakland County, this State, and is the daughter of Linus and Rachel (Davenport) Jaycox, natives of New York. Her father came to Michigan some sixty years ago when the country was entirely new. He settled in Oakland County and remained there until 1849. He then removed one mile east of Flushing village and purchased one hundred and sixteen acres of entirely new land. Mrs. Hosie's father built a board shanty upon his property and erected good barns. He also had the timber drawn for a house but died in 1856, before the commencement of the residence. His wife still survives and makes her home with our subject. Mr. Jaycox was a Democrat in politics. He and his wife were the parents of four children, two of whom are now living, Decatur and Mrs. Hosie. After completing her education our subject was engaged for two terms in teaching and had the sometimes amusing experience of "boarding around." In 1867 she was married to George Hosie. He was born on section 24, of this township in 1838. Fie received his education here and was reared a farmer. He was a son of James and Mary (Doby) Hosie, natives of Scotland, who came to this place at an early day; they here lived and died, the father being one of the wealthiest men of this township. After their marriage Mr. George Hosie built a fine house and barns. He also owned eighty acres in Shiawassee County. He was a Republican in politics and held some township offices. His decease occurred in a railroad calamity, being killed by the cars the 4th of August, 1890. He left his widow three children-James, Mary and Andrew, all of whom are living at home. James is a Mason and received the Knight's degree before he was twenty-two years old. Our subject is a Methodist in her religious belief and is an enthusiastic worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She also belongs to the Royal Templars and is a member of the Foreign Missionary Society, having been its Vice-President for the past two years. Her home is notable for its beauty and appearance of true comfort. It is large and substantial and surrounded by shade and ornamental trees. She is one of the leading matrons socially of this township. 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/hosie88nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb

Genesee-Oakland-Shiawassee County MI Archives Biographies.....Hosie, Carrie Jaycox 1821 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 4:02 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) MRS. CARRIE HOSIE is one of the women who is gifted with business tact and talent sufficient to carry on successfully a lucrative agricultural business. She is the owner of eighty acres of land on section 34, Flushing Township, Genesee County, and has a pleasing establishment that pays well for the care she gives it. Mrs. Hosie is a native of Clarkston, Oakland County, this State, and is the daughter of Linus and Rachel (Davenport) Jaycox, natives of New York. Her father came to Michigan some sixty years ago when the country was entirely new. He settled in Oakland County and remained there until 1849. He then removed one mile east of Flushing village and purchased one hundred and sixteen acres of entirely new land. Mrs. Hosie's father built a board shanty upon his property and erected good barns. He also had the timber drawn for a house but died in 1856, before the commencement of the residence. His wife still survives and makes her home with our subject. Mr. Jaycox was a Democrat in politics. He and his wife were the parents of four children, two of whom are now living, Decatur and Mrs. Hosie. After completing her education our subject was engaged for two terms in teaching and had the sometimes amusing experience of "boarding around." In 1867 she was married to George Hosie. He was born on section 24, of this township in 1838. Fie received his education here and was reared a farmer. He was a son of James and Mary (Doby) Hosie, natives of Scotland, who came to this place at an early day; they here lived and died, the father being one of the wealthiest men of this township. After their marriage Mr. George Hosie built a fine house and barns. He also owned eighty acres in Shiawassee County. He was a Republican in politics and held some township offices. His decease occurred in a railroad calamity, being killed by the cars the 4th of August, 1890. He left his widow three children-James, Mary and Andrew, all of whom are living at home. James is a Mason and received the Knight's degree before he was twenty-two years old. Our subject is a Methodist in her religious belief and is an enthusiastic worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. She also belongs to the Royal Templars and is a member of the Foreign Missionary Society, having been its Vice-President for the past two years. Her home is notable for its beauty and appearance of true comfort. It is large and substantial and surrounded by shade and ornamental trees. She is one of the leading matrons socially of this township. 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/hosie87nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Walmsley, John 1821 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:58 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JOHN WALMSLEY. Among the sturdy and independent citizens who have come to Michigan from across seas there are none more worthy of commendation or whose work in the new country has been marked by more sturdy independence, integrity, and industry than those who came from the North of Ireland. Our subject was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1821, and his parents, William and Ann (Edgar) Walmsley, were both born and reared there, his father being first a ditcher and in his latter years a farmer. The father of our subject was able to give his son but very scanty opportunities for education as his means were limited, and the advantages to be had for a poor boy amounted to but very little. When only fourteen years old the boy felt compelled to leave school and undertake his own support, as his father died at that time. He had two brothers and three sisters and he in many ways helped and aided them in getting established in life. He followed farming during the first fifty years of his life, coming to America in 1873, three years after the decease of his mother. Mr. Walmsley has a handsome farm of eighty acres which is in excellent condition and comprises an extent of arable and highly cultivated soil. He is a thorough and systematic farmer, raising crops which he feeds to his stock and thus gains to his own estate the profit which would otherwise go to outsiders. This he finds to be the most profitable method of handling his business, as he raises large numbers of cattle, sheep and hogs. The Methodist Episcopal Church was the religious body of his choice in the old country, and he joined it forty years ago. Since coming to this country he has united himself with the same denomination and has here been an earnest and consistent member. His life here has been marked by thorough industry, prudent enterprise and devotion to the duties which came to his hand. Unlike many who migrated to this country from foreign lands he did not come empty handed as he and his brother had a fine estate of some fifty or sixty acres in Ireland. We are happy to be able to represent so worthy a citizen in this RECORD feeling sure that a narrative of his life work will be of interest not only to those who know him but also to all who care to trace the annals of Tuscola County. 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/walmsley86nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Wickware, Henry S. 1849 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:55 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) HENRY S. WICKWARE, who was born in Leeds County, Canada, June 23, 1849, is a son of L. P. and Catherine (Mallory) Wickware, both born and reared in Canada, near the birthplace of our subject. His father was by occupation a farmer and the boy resided with his parents on the farm until he reached the age of sixteen, having but scant advantages for schooling previous to that time, and none after he reached that age. When eighteen years old he came to the United States, locating at Caro, Mich., and one year later in the fall of 1869 making his home at Cass City. While living in Canada the young man had worked for two years as an apprentice to a carpenter and builder and after he came to this county he completed learning his trade working at it until 1885. In 1873 he went into the planing mill business and in 1875 disposed of his mill. He became financially interested in the wagon factory of Cass City and since 1885 has been its sole proprietor. The 15th of September, 1874, was the marriage day of Henry Wickware and Venie L. Alvers, of Reese, Tuscola County, and by this union they have two children-Ora M. and Mark S. In political matters, he is a stanch Republican, and has been Township Clerk for the past four years and a member of the Village Council for two years. He ran for County Register of Deeds, and although he had two strong opponents, he came near attaining his election, notwithstanding. Besides carrying on his wagon and carriage factory he sells McCormick binders and mowers and other agricultural implements and machinery and also deals in vehicles manufactured by others. 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/wickware85nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb

Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Winn, Jeremiah 1838 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:53 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JEREMIAH WINN is a general farmer on a fine place comprising one hundred acres of land on section 36, Arcadia Township, Lapeer County. He was born in the township of Alexander, Jefferson County, N. Y., November 23, 1838. His father, Peter Winn, was a native of the same State and was born about 1800. His decease occurred about 1881. He was a farmer and came to Michigan in 1857, at which time he purchased a tract of wild land in Goodland Township and cleared a portion of it. He was an ardent Republican in his political creed. Our subject's mother, Eliza Slayter, was a native of the same State as was her husband and was also married there. She came to Michigan with her husband and is still living at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Until nineteen years of age our subject attended the district school and filled in the odd moments with work on the farm until he was twenty-six years old and at the same time learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner. When in his twenty-sixth year he was married to Miss Agnes Orr of the village of Almont. She is a daughter of Hugh Orr, a retired farmer. One child was born from this marriage, Albert J., whose natal day was March 27, 1867. He is now a farmer and lives at home. Mr. Winn's first wife died in 1873 and two years later he was married to Miss Aurah Fuller, who was born October 6, 1847, in the town of DePeyster, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. She is a daughter of Jonathan and Lucinda (Day) Fuller. They were farmers in New York and moved with their family to Michigan in 1857, settling in Oregon Township, Lapeer County, where they purchased and cleared a tract of wild land. Mrs. Winn's maternal grandfather was David Day, a farmer and a native of New York. Betsey Day, his wife, and the grandmother of our subject was born in 1791 at Sandgate, Vt., and went to DePeyster Township, N. Y., as a pioneer. We give extracts from a newspaper clipping which shows Mrs. Betsey Day to have been a remarkable old lady. She is one of the oldest if not the oldest resident of St. Lawrence County and went with her family there in 1802, making the trip around through Canada, there being no roads at that time through what was known as the Great Chateaugay woods. She has resided in DePeyster seventy-seven years and has ten children now living. Her eldest daughter is seventy years old. She has seventy grandchildren and thirty-five great-grandchildren. Her marriage with Mr. Day proved to be the first wedding of a white couple residing in what is now the town of DePeyster. Mr. Day always told his children that he married the prettiest girl in DePeyster and when they pressed their mother to know if it was true she replied that she thought it was, for she was the only girl in the town at that time. She is now living with her son, .Joshua Day. Her faculties are wonderfully preserved and her memory perfect. The first three years of the married life of Mr. Winn were spent in Lapeer where he was engaged in a sash, door and blind factory. He then purchased his present farm which was nearly new. He has placed many valuable improvements upon the tract and has a good house and barn. The latter is 32x44 feet in dimensions and has sheds for stock. Since coming here he has set out many fruit trees and by his thrifty ways and industry has become one of the most prosperous farmers in the township. He and his wife are supporters of the Methodist Church of Arcadia. He is a strong Republican in politics. 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/winn84nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Valentine, John 1834 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:49 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JOHN VALENTINE. In the agricultural circles of Watertown Township, Tuscola County, there are none who stand higher than those families who migrated to this country from the agricultural districts of England, and who had their training on those marvelous farms, which are so thoroughly cultivated and so richly productive. The Valentine family is representative of this class and John Valentine is one who stands high among his neighbors both as a man and as a farmer. He was born in England in 1834, and there grew to manhood and married Susannah Gill who is also of English birth. To this marriage were born three sons and four daughters and every member of this family except one daughter is in America. Mr. Valentine has been a farmer all through his life. Our subject came to America in 1881 and at once settled in Watertown Township, where he now resides and where he owns forty acres of good land, which he has in a thorough state of cultivation. The religious belief of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine brings them into hearty sympathy and service with the Methodist Church to which they belong. The father of John is Henry Valentine, and he is now living in England, having passed the boundary of four-score years. His wife was Ann Whalley, and they were the parents of three children, two of whom are now living. The paternal grandparents of our subject were John and Rachel (Birchall) Valentine, who reared a family of eight sons and five daughters and carried on agricultural pursuits. The father of Mrs. John Valentine was Joseph Gill and his wife's maiden name was Ann Berry. Both were English by birth and became the parents of four sons and four daughters. Mr. Gill pursued farming throughout his whole life and he was a son of Thomas and Ellen (Tunstall) Gill, who had a family of four sons and two daughters. Joseph Gill died at the age of eighty-three and his wife passed away after reaching four-score years. 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/valentin83nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb

Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Terry, George B. 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: Joy Fisher [email protected] April 22, 2007, 3:47 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) GEORGE B. TERRY. The natal day of our subject was April 25, 1847, and his birthplace is still his home, namely, Dryden Township, Lapeer County. His father, Benjamin Terry, came from near Lima, Livingston County, N. Y., where he was born May 4, 1816. He was a carpenter by trade and came to Michigan in 1832, settling where Ypsilanti now stands. Two years later he came to this county, and took up eighty acres of land from the Government in this township. He put up what was then considered quite an elegant home, a log house, a story and a half high, 32x26 feet in dimensions. The home in which our subject now resides was erected try him in 1870. He was the largest man in the county, weighing three hundred pounds, and died in 1878. He was a charter member of the Lodge No. 51, F. & A. M., at Almont, and was a Democrat in his political views, being Treasurer of the Township for two years and Highway Commissioner. For thirteen years he operated a threshing machine. Sarah Ferguson, who became the wife of Benjamin Terry, and the mother of our subject, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., December 13, 1824, being the daughter of Nichols and Deborah (VanBurgh) Ferguson, natives of New York. She came to Michigan with her father when but eight years old and lived in Oakland County, until her marriage in 1841. They became the parents of four children: William H. living in Almont Township, who married Miss Isabel Watson, daughter of Adam and Helen Watson, natives of Scotland and Ohio respectively; they have five children; Jane M., who died in infancy; Maggie, who was called hence at the age of thirteen and our subject. The education of our subject was taken in the district school of Dryden and in a select school at Almont, but much of his youth was passed in assisting his father upon the farm. The marriage of George B. Terry and Sarah E. Baker took place September 29, 1875. Mrs. Terry is the second daughter of Joseph and Rhoda (Chase) Baker and was born in Ontario, Canada, June 25, 1850. Her parents were natives of, New York, who moved to Canada many years ago. The father has passed from earth, but Mrs. Baker resides with a son in Dryden Township. After marriage Mr. Terry located at the old homestead, which has been his home through life. To him and his good wife have been granted one son, G. Benjamin, who was born in 1881. Our subject has one hundred and ninety acres of well improved land, eighty of which are comprised in the old homestead which his father took from the Government, and upon it all he is carrying on general farming. He has been an auctioneer for thirteen years and has cried fifty-three sales so far in the year 1891. His largest sale was in 1887 the receipts on that occasion being $6,500, being the largest sale ever cried in this county in one day. In this work he takes in the counties of Oakland, St. Clair, Macomb, Tuscola, Sanilac and Lapeer. He is a Democrat in his political views and is now Under-Sheriff of the county and was for four years Highway Commissioner and for two years Supervisor. 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/terry82nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb

Tuscola-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Randall, Edward A. 1850 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:44 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) EDWARD A. RANDALL. The genial subject of this sketch is a native of the Wolverine State, having been born in Oakland County January 11, 1850. He is a son of David and Mary Randall. The former was born in Broome County, N. Y., in 1834, and has always led the life of a farmer. He came to Michigan, when twelve years of age, with his parents. At the age of fifteen years he was thrown on his own resources and was obliged to make his own living. He first went to Oakland County, where he lives at the present time, and was there employed as a farm laborer until his marriage, in 1848. He was united in matrimonial bonds to Mary Newman, a daughter of Ezra and Comfort (Moral) Newman, the former of Connecticut and the latter of Vermont. The parents of our subject began life together upon a farm of their own and pursued their chosen calling with energy. To them have been born six children, of whom our subject is the eldest. Following him are Leroy, Myra, DeForest, Livvie and Thomas. They are all residents of Oakland County with the exception of our subject. The father held various local offices in the township and was highly esteemed in the community. Both he and his wife are Seventh Day Adventists. The original of our sketch began to be independent and to realize that there was work for him to do on reaching his majority. He then went upon a farm in Oakland County and remained there for about four years. Since that time he has been engaged in various stores at different places, and in 1879 he came to Tuscola County, locating in Kingston. Mr. Randall married December 31, 1874, his bride being Miss Anna Drinkhall, a daughter of Richard and Helen Drinkhall. The father is a native of England and the mother of this State. To our subject and his wife have been born two children, who are by name: Pearl, who was born April 5, 1876; and Wanda, November 29, 1887. Mr. Randall is at the present time Justice of the Peace, having been elected to the position in 1889. Socially he is a member of Newberry Lodge. No. 216, I. O. O. F. 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/randall81nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb

Tuscola-Genesee-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Freeman, Hampton 1854 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:40 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) HAMPTON FREEMAN was born in Oakland County, this State, July 10, 1854. He is the son of Hampton and Sidney F. (Hummer) Freeman, both of whom were natives of New Jersey. His father was a farmer by calling and our subject was brought up upon a farm in Oakland County. He received a common-school education, pursuing his course in the school until fifteen years of age when he began life for himself. For some years he worked at anything he could find to do and trusted to this precarious way of living until twenty-five years of age. In 1879 our subject removed to Genesee County. There he bought a farm which he began to improve and cultivate. He remained upon it for five years, carrying on his agricultural labors very successfully until 1885, when he removed to Tuscola County and settled in Gagetown. He there opened a hardware store with Mr. LaFlamboy, the partnership continuing for about eighteen months. On the dissolution of this partnership the original of our sketch opened up a general store in 1887, where were sold dry goods, boots, millinery, groceries and notions and in fact everything kept in a first-class general store. He has since continued in the business and his efforts in this direction have been crowned with success. Our subject was married September 15, 1879, to Imogene Rifenberg of Oakland County, Mich. They have been the parents of two children, both of whom died in infancy. Our subject is independent in politics, believing in institutions rather than in parties. Good schools and public enterprises that invigorate a people and add to their stock and resources receive his sanction and encouragement. 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/freeman80nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....White, Jonathan A. 1831 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:37 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JONATHAN A. WHITE. Our subject was born in Aurora Township, Portage County, Ohio, January 13, 1831, and is the son of Jonathan and Mary (Smith) White. His father was born and reared in New York and was a carpenter and joiner by occupation. His mother was a native of Massachusetts. At the age of six years our subject was taken by his parents to Adams County, Ill. They there remained for three years and then returned to Ohio, making that their home until our subject had reached his majority. He was deprived of almost all advantages in schooling, for, his father being an invalid, he was obliged to work in order to help support the family instead of spending his time in school. Our subject began life for himself on a farm at the age of twenty-one years. In 1854 he came to Tuscola County and took up his present homestead on section 18, his tract comprising one hundred and forty-two acres, and forty acres in the township next west. He set himself with energy to clearing and improving his purchase, having to do all the work himself as he was hampered by his straightened circumstances. His parents made their home with him until their decease and at his hands received loving care. On the 1st of October, 1857, Mr. White was married to Mary A. Botsford, of Ellington Township. This union has been blessed by the advent of five children, four of whom are deceased. The only survivor is Frank E., who resides at home with his parents. On first coming into the township our subject experienced the hardships of pioneer life. There were no stores or trading points in the vicinity and all their provisions were drawn by an ox-team from Saginaw or Flint, finding a market for their farm products at the same places. Mr. White now has a fine place comprising one hundred and forty-three and a half acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation. Elsewhere in this volume appears a view of his residence which is not only comfortable and conveniently arranged but also attractive and substantial. He also has good barns and granaries. Mr. White devotes his broad acres to a variety of crops, being a general farmer. He, however, makes the breeding of horses a specialty, "Cleveland Bay" being his favorite stallion. He also has other grades. Politically he is a Republican, and has held various township offices, among them that of Township Treasurer. 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/white79nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Fritz, Theodore H. 1853 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:35 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) THEODORE H. FRITZ is one of the sons of the Keystone State who has since his residence in Michigan made himself one with the people of this great Commonwealth, and done his share in the development of its resources. He was born in Columbia County, Pa., July 7, 1853, and is a son of Jacob H. and Amanda (Laubach) Fritz, both of whom were born and bred in Pennsylvania where his father was by occupation a farmer. He of whom we write was brought up upon a farm until he reached the age of twenty-two years and his opportunities for education were scant indeed, as he had to go a mile and a half to and from the schoolhouse and could attend only during the winter terms. This he persevered in, however, for some six years and when he left home he; began teaching school during the winters and attending school during the summer terms, making the Orangeville Academy and the Columbus Academy his places for study. The young man came to Michigan in 1879 and spent the first summer with his brother at Caro and in the fall of the same year came to Cass City and engaged as salesman for Dr. Deming, with whom he learned the profession of pharmacy, remaining with this preceptor for some eighteen months. He then, in company with James W. Adamson, purchased the drug store of Dr. Deming and carried on the business under the firm name of Adamson & Fritz, continuing this connection for some two years, at the expiration of which time Mr. Fritz sold his interest to his partner. Upon the 1st of October, 1883, Mr. Fritz accepted the position of manager for D. A. Horner & Co., in the handling of their stock of drugs and wall paper, and continued in this capacity until January, 1889, when, with his brother Perry L., he purchased a stock which they have since handled carrying on the business under the name of Fritz Bros. The marriage of our subject, September 21, 1881, united him with Iva J. Spittler of Cass City, a daughter of David Spittler, a wagonmaker of this city. This union has been blessed by the birth of three children-Cecil A., who was born July 26, 1882; Grant L., born January 8, 1884; and Lucy A., born April 23, 1886, all of whom are at home with their parents. The political views of this gentleman have brought him into sympathy and work with the Democratic party and although he has never been anxious for office he was made Treasurer of the village for one year. Both he and his good wife are devoted and interested members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and he takes a great interest in promoting the educational facilities of the town, not only in the Sabbath-school, with which he has been connected as Superintendent for ten years, but also is an active promoter of the general advancement of the common schools. His record throughout his residence here has been that of a man who willingly lends his aid to every enterprise which is calculated to help forward the social, moral and commercial prosperity of the town. 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/fritz78nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb

Lapeer-Macomb County MI Archives Biographies.....Fuller, Harriet 1824 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:30 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) MRS. HARRIET FULLER. This well-known business woman and resident of Dryden Township, Lapeer County, has her farm on section 21. She was born in Romeo, Mich., in Macomb County, May 24, 1824, and her father Ebenezer Kittridge a native of Canada was a farmer by occupation who came to Michigan about the year 1810, and located in Detroit, where he remained for a year and then moved to Mt. Clemens which was his home for five years before removing to Romeo. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. Upon coming to Macomb County, Mr. Kittridge took up one hundred and sixty acres of Government land and there built a log house and barn, and made it his home for ten years before removing to Almont Township, Lapeer County, where he had one hundred acres of land lying along the county line, and one hundred acres across the road in Macomb County, all of it woodland. He improved the one hundred acres in Macomb County, and sold it for $7,000, and the other one hundred acres he gave to his eldest son. He spent his last days in Columbus Township, St. Clair County, and lived to be seventy-three years old. He was one of the three men who were the first white settlers in Michigan and was one of the genuine pioneers here. He was a good huntsman and killed numerous bears and deer. Diana Washburn, a native of Canada, became the wife of Ebenezer Kittridge and the mother of our subject, and lived to the age of sixty-four years. Her father, Samuel Washburn, was a native of New York, and his father, Samuel W., who was born in Germany, was an officer in the Revolutionary War. The father and mother of our subject were the parents of four daughters and six sons, and ail except one lived to rear families of their own, but only three sons and two daughters are now living, Mrs. Fuller is the youngest daughter and sixth child in this household, and she had her home training and education in Macomb County, remaining with her parents until her first marriage which took place in 1842, being then united with Seymour Carpenter, a native of Vermont, by whom she had one daughter, California, now the wife of Joshua Gillings of Dryden Township, and the mother of one daughter who is the wife of Fred Balch. After the death of Mr. Carpenter, our subject married Thomas Hagan, a native of Ireland, who died in 1875 leaving no child. She then married Norman Fuller a native of New York. He is now engaged in buying eggs for Fanning & Keeler of Richmond, St. Clair County, Mich. Mrs. Fuller has a farm of eighty acres of improved land about her home, and also has eighty acres in Arcadia Township, Lapeer County. She keeps good grades of stock, horses, cattle, etc., and has one hundred and twenty-five head of sheep. She also loans money, taking security by mortgages on property. 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/fuller77nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb

Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Holm, David 1838 - ************************************************ 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] April 22, 2007, 3:26 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) DAVID HOLM is a dealer in general merchandise, hardware, and drugs at King's Mills, Arcadia Township, Lapeer County. He was born in the county of Waterloo, Canada, October 25, 1838, and is a son of Peter Holm, a native of Markham, Canada. Our subject's father conducted for many years a sawmill. He lived to be seventy-two years of age. Our subject's mother, Susannah Gingrich, as she was known in her maidenhood, was a native of Canada. David Holm was twenty-eight years of age when he left the Dominion. He received his education in the district schools of Canada and after completing his student course he was engaged principally in the milling business until the time he left his native place. October 2, 1860, he was married to Anna Whitmer, a daughter of Abraham Whitmer, of the same county as the subject of this sketch. Three children were the outcome of this union; Ephriam, who was born October 26, 1861, married Miss Hannah Hunt, of North Branch. This son is associated with his father in business. Lucinda was born October 16, 1865, and still lives at home; Isabella, who was born October 4, 1867, married Rudolph Worgen, of North Branch. After coming to the States our subject settled in North Branch Township and started a general merchandise store, which he conducted for about two years. He then came to King's Mills and built the store which he now occupies. He is here conducting a good and prosperous business. Both he and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church. In politics he has always voted as he believes with the Republican party. Our subject's grandfather, Cornelius Holm, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. For eleven years before coming to the United States he was a sailor. Aside from Mr. Holm's interest in the merchandise line he is also Postmaster at King's Mills and was the first Postmaster who held the position for eight years. For the past four years he has been the agent of the American Express Office in this place. Our subject speaks the German language fluently. He is esteemed most highly by the people of Arcadia and does more business than all the other dealers combined. He carries a first-class stock and greets his patrons with courtesy, endeavoring to cater to their satisfaction in this line. 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/holm76nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb