Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Strandberg, Wesley W. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:53 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Wesley W. Strandberg Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/strandbe89415gph.jpg Image file size: 98.8 Kb Strandberg, Wesley W. 1922-1960 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/strandbe89415gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Stout, Myrtle G. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:50 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Myrtle G. Stout Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/stout89414gph.jpg Image file size: 98.1 Kb Stout, Myrtle G. 1907-1936 wife File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/stout89414gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Steele, Edith E. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:46 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Edith E. Steele Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/steele89413gph.jpg Image file size: 90.7 Kb Steele, Edith E. d. of F.D. and L.E; b. 1912; d. 1924 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/steele89413gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Steele, Fred D ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:45 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Fred D Steele Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/steele89412gph.jpg Image file size: 98.9 Kb Steele, Fred D 1868-1932 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/steele89412gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Tuscola-Wayne-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Wilcox, Selah M. 1835 - ************************************************ 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 15, 2007, 11:41 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) SELAH M. WILCOX. It is with pleasure that we recount the life history of those residents of Arbela Township, Tuscola County, who had their birth in the Wolverine State, and it is gratifying to know that those whose training and culture have been largely or altogether within the bounds of the Wolverine State have shown themselves citizens of value in the community. Mr. Wilcox was born October 1, 1835, and is a son of Mark and Hannah (Mathews) Wilcox, who were both born in New York, but were not married until after coming to Michigan. To them were born three sons and three daughters. The father of Hannah Mathews was Peter Mathews, one of the early settlers of DeWitt County, who finally went to Illinois, where he made his final home at Belvidere, Boone County. Mark Wilcox came to Michigan when a young man and first settled in Detroit, and was there married. He came to Arbela Township in 1855, and was here a pioneer, beginning as a poor man and settling on eighty acres which our subject now owns. He was a Methodist and his wife a Presbyterian. His death occurred in 1864, and his wife died in 1890, at the age of eighty-eight, years. Our subject was reared in Michigan during his first three years, when he went with his parents to Illinois, and was seventeen years old when they returned. He lived in Oakland County for four years and worked in the lumber woods, remaining with his parents until they died. The marriage of our subject with Elma, daughter of Barney Hamel, a native of New York, took place in 1866, in Genesee County. The family had formerly lived in Canada and finally came to Detroit, where they resided during the youth of Barney Hamel. His parents died in Canada and he was separated from his brother and never was re-united with him. He left Detroit and came to Genesee County, where he was married to Harriet Thompson, a native of New York and daughter of George W. Thompson, a Vermonter and one of the first settlers in Genesee County, coming here when only one building was standing in Flint. Mr. Hamel was a carpenter by trade and also followed farming. He owned one hundred and sixty acres in Genesee County, and at the time of his death, in 1869, his property was worth $10,000. His wife died in 1858. Twelve children were born to our subject and his wife, namely: Rush T., Willis H., Henry E., Edwin, Clarence and Carrie (twins), Elbert J., Charles B., Ermina C., Fred, Ellsworth and Alice. Edwin, Carrie and Alice are deceased. Our subject bought his brother's share of the farm which he now owns, and has since added to it eighty acres, from which he has given his son forty acres. He was drafted during the Civil War and furnished a substitute. Both he and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist Church and he has always been a Republican in his politics and is now a School Director. His son Willis is at school at Ypsilanti, where he intends to complete his course, and he has taught for some time, having commenced at the age of seventeen. Rush T. married Clara Hoover and they have one child —Lola. They reside on a farm in 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/tuscola/bios/wilcox522gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Steele, Willis G ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:37 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Willis G Steele Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/steele89411gph.jpg Image file size: 54.5 Kb Steele, Willis G. b. Sept. 9, 1865; d. Apr. 2, 1881 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/steele89411gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Tuscola-Monroe-Bay County MI Archives Biographies.....Philips, John Percival 1845 - ************************************************ 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 15, 2007, 11:36 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JOHN PERCIVAL PHILIPS. One of the most attractive rural homes of Tuscola County is that owned and occupied by Mr. Philips, and located pleasantly in Wisner Township. The homestead comprises two hundred and twenty four acres of the finest land in the county, and is embellished with a full line of first-class buildings, suited to the needs of the proprietor. Since he first located upon the place in 1878 he has devoted his attention assiduously to the cultivation of the soil, and his efforts have been rewarded with the large harvests which he gathers into the granaries each year. As a representative farmer and public-spirited citizen, we take pleasure in presenting his portrait and a brief sketch of his life to the readers of this volume. The father of Mr. Philips was well known in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit, in which cities he resided, and enjoyed a very large acquaintance among steamboat men. He bore the name of John P. Philips, and was a pioneer of both Detroit City and Bay County, this State. During his residence in Newport, St. Clair County, he built three steamers. Afterward he removed to the East, locating in Buffalo, N. Y. and sojourning there several years. After spending one season in Chicago he moved to Cleveland and thence to Detroit, where he resided until his death, April 10, 16 1886, at the ripe old age of eighty-seven years. His good wife died in 1883 when sixty-one years old. In the village of Newport, Mich., the eyes of Mr. Philips first opened to the light, his birth occurring April 10, 1845. In his native place he passed his youth, aiding his father and attending the common schools of the village. After completing his education in the schools there, he further pursued his studies in the Detroit High School. When the war broke out in 1861 he was a youth of only sixteen years, but he at once responded to the call for three hundred thousand men and enlisted in Company H, First Michigan Cavalry, being attached to the Army of the Potomac. In all the various battles with which Custer's brigade was connected he participated, and after serving three years was honorably discharged at Berryville, Va., August 21, 1864. He at once returned to Detroit and since that time has been a resident of Michigan. We next find our subject engaged with his father, who was a large lumber dealer, under the style of J. P. Philips & Son, with headquarters at Bay City. It was during that time that the junior member of the firm acquired a large interest in Tuscola County real-estate, which is now exceedingly valuable. After continuing in partnership with his father about twelve years, he came in 1878 to the farm where he now resides, and began at once improving the place. To this work the succeeding years have been closely devoted, with what success may be learned by a glance at his fine estate. In politics he is a stalwart Republican while his religious belief brings him into hearty sympathy with the Presbyterian Church. He belongs to U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R. at Bay City, is a member of Lodge No. 129 F. & A. M. as well as the chapter and commandery at Bay City. In October, 1878 Mr. Philips was united in marriage with Hattie L., daughter of William Robertson, of Caro, Mich., and they have become the parents of seven children, namely: Frederick Bagley, Carrie Fay, John P., Jr., Arthur Eugene, Edison Aubert, Raymond Ward and Lloyd Ianthus. Mr. Philips is a prosperous and popular gentleman and his influence in the community is always for good. 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/philips521gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Sherrard, Ettie & Will ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:34 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Ettie & Will Sherrard Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/sherrard89410gph.jpg Image file size: 91.7 Kb Ettie Sherrard 1878-1950 SS. Will 1865-1932 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/sherrard89410gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Lee, Henry 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 15, 2007, 11:32 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) HENRY LEE is a farmer residing on section 18, Mayfield Township, Lapeer County. He was born in Metamora Township, this county, on section 34, November 17, 1840. His parents were Jesse and Marian (Rossman) Lee, both natives of New York. The former was born in 1809 and was reared in his native State on a farm where his marriage was also solemnized. The young couple located on a farm in their native county and came to Michigan in the fall of 1831. They first settled in Metamora Township, taking up one hundred and sixty acres of Government land. Upon this they built a log house, cutting out the timber for the same from their own claim. They improved the place and remained there until the father's death, which took place when he was eighty-three years of age. Jesse Lee was a strong Republican and at one time received a flattering majority in the election as Township Supervisor. He also served as Justice of the Peace. He was the father of eight children. The sons all grew to manhood and of these our subject is next to the youngest. After being well grounded in the rudiments in the district schools, he was sent to Oxford Academy to complete his education and at the age of sixteen he commenced to teach school, following it until 1876. He was a very successful teacher, who swayed his pupils through the confidence and love which he inspired in them. Mr. Lee was married April 14, 1861, his bride being Mittie W. Thomas, a native of Lapeer County. Four children were born of this union, as follows: Harvey J., Eva D., Jessie and Arthur H. Harvey resides in Oakland County in the village of Milford and is there engaged in the hardware business; Jessie is a graduate of the Lapeer High School. On the death of Mrs. Mittie Lee, November 21, 1881, our subject again married, the lady of his choice being Jenny A. Thomas, a sister of his former wife. Immediately after marriage Mr. Lee bought a farm and made it his home for about three years. He then sold it and bought another place in Lapeer County, which he improved and upon which he remained for three years. In 1867 he located where he now resides on a farm comprising one hundred and sixty acres. When he first purchased the place it was but slightly improved and bore a little frame house which was 18x20 feet in dimensions. He now has three hundred and sixty acres which is well improved and of which he has two hundred and thirty acres under the plow. He built his present residence in 1873 at a cost of $2,500. It is a beautiful two-story frame house, that is finished and furnished so that it makes an ideal rural home, but he still keeps the little old house upon the place as a relic and reminder of those early days. He has besides three good barns. The place also boasts an orchard containing three hundred trees. In fact the farm is a first-class one in every respect. Mr. Lee was elected County Treasurer in 1876 and held the office for four years, carrying on his farm at the same time. He is a radical Republican and on that ticket was elected Supervisor of Mayfield Township in 1869 and held the office for eight years. He has moreover held all the school offices. Socially he is a Mason, belonging to Chapter No. 94, at Lapeer. 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/lee520gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Sanic, Franjo ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:31 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Franjo Sanic Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/sanic89409gph.jpg Image file size: 97.4 Kb Franjo Sanic MMI US Navy WWII May 4 1912 May 20 1984 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/sanic89409gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Moor, Silas 1813 - 1890 ************************************************ 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 15, 2007, 11:29 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) SILAS M00R. After a long life spent in the arduous but telling labor of developing a country for the enjoyment and benefit of future generations, our subject departed this life July 26, 1890. He was born in Bradford County, Pa., March 13, 1813, and came to Michigan in November, 1836, and located in Lapeer County in what is now Lapeer Township. He remained there a little more than two years and then located on section 33, where Thomas Lyle now resides. In 1847 he removed to section 17, and there spent the remainder of his days. Mr. Moor was married June 17, 1836, while a resident of Pennsylvania, to Caroline Pemberton. The young couple came to Michigan the following November and began the serious business of life together. As the years passed their family was increased by eight children, five of whom lived to reach years of maturity. They are Martin P., Oscar F., Lydia, Richard M. and Mary. Lydia became the wife of William Austin and resides in Venango, Neb.; Mary became the wife of George Bird and is now deceased. Our subject was a son of Silas Moor, who was a native of Vermont and a soldier in the War of 1812. He reared his family and gave them a liberal education in the common schools of the county. Two of his sons are farmers, while Martin P. is engaged in the mercantile business at Elba, which business he opened up February 5, 1885. He also became the Postmaster of the place in October of that year and held this office until in June, 1889. Mr. Moor has been active in politics and has held various local offices. Pie has been Constable, School Inspector and Highway Commissioner, also Town Clerk and Town Treasurer. During a sojourn of three years in Ogemaw County, he served one term as Supervisor and was also Township Clerk and Treasurer. Mr. Moor first married Miss Henrietta S. Tower, April 23, 1863. She became the mother of four children, all now deceased, and her death occurred April 29, 1873. Two years later he was married to Annie McCrystal, their nuptials being celebrated June 15. The lady was a resident at the time of Bay City, but formerly of Canada. They were the parents of five children, four of whom survive and are named as follows: Milla A., Leon D., Loie B. and Arba L. Mr. Moor has been an active Democrat as was also his father. He owns a farm of one hundred and four acres on section 7, but resides in 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/lapeer/bios/moor519gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Riley, Monument & Stones ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:28 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Monument & Stones Riley Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/riley89408gph.jpg Image file size: 102.8 Kb Monument & stones Lottie & William E. Riley File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/riley89408gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Riley, William E. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:27 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: William E. Riley Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/riley89407gph.jpg Image file size: 88.2 Kb William E. Riley 1868-1916 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/riley89407gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Riley, Lottie A. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:26 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Lottie A. Riley Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/riley89406gph.jpg Image file size: 88.7 Kb Lottie A. Riley 1872-1959 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/riley89406gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Riley, Susan Miller 1832 - ************************************************ 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 15, 2007, 11:26 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) MRS. SUSAN RILEY. A prominent place is occupied among the residents of Tuscola County by the lady whose name introduces these paragraphs. She is the widow of the late J. F. Riley and resides on a fine farm on section 20, Juniata Township. Here she owns forty acres of fine land, well improved with good buildings, and brought to a high state of cultivation by a proper rotation of crops and fertilization of the soil. Mrs. Riley is the daughter of Stephen J. and Nancy (Weed) Miller, natives of New York State and Connecticut respectively. At an early day they settled in Orange County, N. J., where our subject was born, but later they removed to Fairfield County, Conn. There they made their home until 1859, when they came to Michigan and settled in Tuscola County. On June 12, 1862, occurred the ceremony which united the destinies of J. Francis Riley and Miss Susan Miller. The bride was at that time thirty years of age, having been born December 4, 1832. The gentleman with whom she was united was a native of Scotland, and a man of many worthy attributes of character. In the beautiful home that he built with the assistance of his wife, he laid down his life May 6, 1889, and passed to the Great Beyond. He was a man of honorable character, whose life was guided by principles of right and morality, and who was temperate in all things. In his daily intercourse with others he was kind and considerate, a good husband and a stanch friend to his neighbors. He helped in every possible way to promote the interests of the community and his death was sincerely mourned by his large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. Riley is one of three children. Eliza married Alexander Humes and resides in Vassar; May became the wife of Isaac N. Waterbury and makes her home in Stamford, Conn. Mr. Miller passed from earth December 23, 1884, at the age of eighty-two years, honored and respected by all who knew him. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Nathaniel and Christina Miller, who were natives of the Empire State. On both sides of the family the ancestors were patriotic, some of them being soldiers in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Washington, and one being an officer. A consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Mrs. Riley endeavors to so live as to honor the religion which she professes. She manages the valuable estate left her by her husband, and possessing a clear head, much business capacity, and good judgment, she cares for her farm so as to make it produce the best results. 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/riley518gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Rathwell, Ed ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:24 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Ed Rathwell Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/rathwell89405gph.jpg Image file size: 112.1 Kb Rathwell, Ed 1856-1936 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/rathwell89405gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Rathwell, Ida M. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:23 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Ida M. Rathwell Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/rathwell89404gph.jpg Image file size: 114.5 Kb Rathwell, Ida M. 1871-1940 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/rathwell89404gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Peasley, Ira J. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:21 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Ira J. Peasley Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/peasley89403gph.jpg Image file size: 65.4 Kb Peasley Ira J. b. Apr. 7, 1881; d. Aug. 26, 1881 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/peasley89403gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Peasley, John L. & Nancy A. ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:20 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: John L. & Nancy A. Peasley Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/peasley89402gph.jpg Image file size: 45.3 Kb Peasley, John L. b. Feb. 11, 1863; d. Oct. 16, 1864 SS. Peasley, Nancy A. b. Jan. 19, 1844; d. Nov. 2, 1903 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/peasley89402gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

Kent County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Otterbacher, Monument ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stewart valn50@chartermi.net February 15, 2007, 11:19 pm Cemetery: Spencer Cemt. Spencer Twp., Kent Co. East Last Name: Monument Otterbacher Date Of Photograph: October 25, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/otterbac89401gph.jpg Image file size: 57.3 Kb Monument Otterbacher, John W. & Rachel both same stone File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/kent/photos/tombstones/spencercemtspenc/otterbac89401gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb