Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Harris, Walter C. ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 1:10 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Walter C. Harris Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/harris8367ph.jpg Image file size: 126.4 Kb Walter C. Harris Dec. 8, 1906 - Mar. 26, 1982 US ARMY WORLD WAR II File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/harris8367ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Harris, Roxanna ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 1:09 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Roxanna Harris Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/harris8366ph.jpg Image file size: 131.7 Kb Roxanna Harris 1879-1954 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/harris8366ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Hanlan, Gertrude 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 1:09 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Gertrude G. Hanlan Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/hanlan8365ph.jpg Image file size: 128.0 Kb Gertrude G. Hanlan 1894-1967 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/hanlan8365ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Hamilton, Roy 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 1:08 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Roy A. Hamilton Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/hamilton8364ph.jpg Image file size: 123.6 Kb Roy A. Hamilton 1895-1957 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/hamilton8364ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Hager, George L. ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 1:07 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: George L. Hager Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/hager8363ph.jpg Image file size: 132.5 Kb George L. Hager 1867-1925 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/hager8363ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Guy, Marvin Lee "Gerve" ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 1:07 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Marvin Lee "Gerve" Guy Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/guy8362ph.jpg Image file size: 134.1 Kb Marvin Lee "Gerve" Guy July 17, 1962 - Nov. 19, 1992 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/guy8362ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Handy, John A. 1858 - ************************************************ 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 14, 2007, 7:07 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JOHN A. HANDY, M. D. The profession of medicine is one that calls for keenness of judgment and accuracy of knowledge, together with an almost instinctive appreciation of effects, differing in quality from that needed in any other profession. To say that a man is a successful physician is therefore high praise, although it may be no more than the person referred to merits. Dr. Handy, of Watrousville, Tuscola County, is a potent factor in the medical affairs of the county, where for several years he has been conducting a good practice and taking a prominent part in society matters connected with his profession. The Doctor is of Irish and English descent and is a Canadian by birth. He is the son of Edwin and Clara (Tuch) Handy, natives of Ireland and England respectively, and the grandson of John Handy. Edward Handy came to Canada in his youth and located in County Middlesex, where our subject was born September 20, 1858. His education was obtained in the district and High School of Mountbridge, which he attended until he was eighteen years old. At that age he entered upon the practice of his profession, at first going into the drug store of Mr. Briden, in the town of Mountbridge, where he worked for three years. In 1884 our subject entered the Detroit College of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1887. Immediately after graduating he came to Watrousville, where he has since resided, actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He has gained an extensive practice during his residence here and has also a large circle of friends, not only among his patients but among all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. The Doctor has been twice married. In 1882 he was married to Miss Josie McClain, who died in 1884, leaving one daughter, Edna, who was born in February, 1884. On November 28, 1890, Dr. Handy was happily united in marriage with his present wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Lewis, and is a daughter of David R. and Adelaide Lewis, natives of the Empire State. Mrs. Handy was born in Tuscola County, Mich., October 24, 1869, and is a lady of refinement and culture, whose accomplishments and kindly nature win for her a warm circle of friends. In political matters the Doctor is independent, devoting his attention exclusively to the practice of his profession and taking little interest in public affairs. In social relations he is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 81, F. & A. M. also of Tent No. 262, K. 0. T. M., of which he is the examining physician. The Doctor's father died in 1878, mourned by all who knew him, but his mother still survives at the ripe age of more than seventy 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/handy511gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Handy, John A. 1842 - ************************************************ 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 14, 2007, 7:06 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JOHN A. HANDY, M. D. The profession of medicine is one that calls for keenness of judgment and accuracy of knowledge, together with an almost instinctive appreciation of effects, differing in quality from that needed in any other profession. To say that a man is a successful physician is therefore high praise, although it may be no more than the person referred to merits. Dr. Handy, of Watrousville, Tuscola County, is a potent factor in the medical affairs of the county, where for several years he has been conducting a good practice and taking a prominent part in society matters connected with his profession. The Doctor is of Irish and English descent and is a Canadian by birth. He is the son of Edwin and Clara (Tuch) Handy, natives of Ireland and England respectively, and the grandson of John Handy. Edward Handy came to Canada in his youth and located in County Middlesex, where our subject was born September 20, 1858. His education was obtained in the district and High School of Mountbridge, which he attended until he was eighteen years old. At that age he entered upon the practice of his profession, at first going into the drug store of Mr. Briden, in the town of Mountbridge, where he worked for three years. In 1884 our subject entered the Detroit College of Medicine, from which he was graduated in 1887. Immediately after graduating he came to Watrousville, where he has since resided, actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He has gained an extensive practice during his residence here and has also a large circle of friends, not only among his patients but among all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. The Doctor has been twice married. In 1882 he was married to Miss Josie McClain, who died in 1884, leaving one daughter, Edna, who was born in February, 1884. On November 28, 1890, Dr. Handy was happily united in marriage with his present wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Lewis, and is a daughter of David R. and Adelaide Lewis, natives of the Empire State. Mrs. Handy was born in Tuscola County, Mich., October 24, 1869, and is a lady of refinement and culture, whose accomplishments and kindly nature win for her a warm circle of friends. In political matters the Doctor is independent, devoting his attention exclusively to the practice of his profession and taking little interest in public affairs. In social relations he is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 81, F. & A. M. also of Tent No. 262, K. 0. T. M., of which he is the examining physician. The Doctor's father died in 1878, mourned by all who knew him, but his mother still survives at the ripe age of more than seventy 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/handy510gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Griffiths, John J. & Charlotte Kewney ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 1:06 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: John J. & Charlotte Kewney Griffiths Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/griffith8361ph.jpg Image file size: 114.4 Kb JOHN J. GRIFFITHS DIED JULY 10, 1894 CHARLOTTE KEWNEY WIFE OF JOHN J. GRIFFITHS DIED MAR. 1903 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/griffith8361ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Edward H. 1842 - ************************************************ 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 14, 2007, 7:04 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) EDWARD H. TAYLOR, attorney-at-law in Vassar, was born in Lyth in the county of Westmoreland, on the historic banks of Lake Windemere, England, his natal day having been January 8, 1842. His parents, Thomas and Jane (Powley) Taylor, emigrated to America and located in the State of New York, when our subject was a lad of eight years. The father who was a farmer by occupation, owned property in England and after he crossed the broad Atlantic engaged as an agriculturalist in Ransomville, Niagara County, N. Y. However he was not spared to reap the fruits of his efforts in the New World, as he died soon after coming to America. In a family of nine children our subject was the seventh in order of birth. Three of the children came to the United States and one, a sister Jane, married Thomas Gollan, who died in August, 1863; they were the parents of John W. Gollan, of whom see sketch on another page of this volume. A brother of our subject, James, lives in Vassar, where he is engaged as a veterinary surgeon and pension agent. Edward H., of this sketch, was reared on the home farm, where he was engaged working during the summer seasons and attending the village school in winter. Before he became of age he enlisted in the great Civil War which was then being fiercely waged. The date of his enlistment was August 8, 1862, at which time he became a private in Company E, One Hundred Twenty-ninth New York Infantry, Col. Peter A. Porter commanding the regiment and Capt. J. W. Holmes the company. He was mustered into the United States service in the city of Lockport, N. Y., on August 22, 1862, and was made a corporal at that place. With his regiment our subject marched to Baltimore to relieve the Seventh New York National Guards at Ft. Federal Hill. During the closing months of 1862 at the beginning of 1863 he drilled in heavy and light artillery drill, and in December, 1862, was promoted to be Drill Sergeant. At the same time the regiment to which he belonged was transferred from the One Hundred Twenty-ninth to the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery. Two companies were added, making twelve in the regiment, which remained at Fts. Federal Hill, McHenry and Marshall in Baltimore until May 1864. At the time of the battle of Gettysburg the regiment was ordered to Maryland Heights where they mounted one hundred-pound Parrot guns. Thirty days after going there they returned to Baltimore and garrisoned at the above named forts. In May, 1864, the regiment was ordered to join Gen. Grant in the Army of the Potomac and became an integral part of the Second Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, under Gen. Hancock, remaining as such until the close of the war. Mr. Taylor was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company E, during the summer of 1864, and on the 1st of January of the following year he was made First Lieutenant. With his company he was present at the surrender of Lee at the Appomattox Courthouse and participated in many battles but fortunately escaped uninjured. From Appomattox Courthouse he marched with his regiment to Bailey's Cross Roads near Washington where he remained in camp until June, 1865. He participated in the Grand Review. By the order of the War Department he was transferred to the Tenth New York Infantry and placed in command of Company E, remaining in such until the regiment was mustered out at New York, in July, 1865. After returning to his home in Ransomville our subject was engaged in teaching school and in the meantime employed his leisure hours in studying law until April, 1872. Then with his family he removed to Vassar, Mich., where he has since resided. In May, 1873, he was admitted to practice at the bar of the courts of Michigan, and in the ensuing year he was admitted to practice before the United States courts at the city of Detroit. Since then he has been engaged in the practice of his profession and has worked up an enviable reputation as a skillful and pains-taking lawyer. His fitness for public positions has been recognized by his fellow-citizens who have elected him to various offices of trust and honor. For two years he was Circuit Court Commissioner and for the same length of time served efficiently as Prosecuting Attorney. The cause of education has always found a warm friend in Mr. Taylor and as Secretary of the School Board for nine years he contributed materially to the advancement of the standard of knowledge. He was also a member of the Village Council eight years. Socially he is identified with various organizations: the Knights of Honor, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Masonic Lodge No. 555 at Ransomville, N. Y. As might be expected he is thoroughly in sympathy with the principles of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he served as Commander four terms in succession. Politically he is an active Democrat but not a strong partisan. On November 13,1861, Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Marguerittie J. Roberts a resident of Ransomville N. Y. Five children blessed this union, but two only survive. One son died in 1874 at the age of eight years, one daughter in 1874 at the age of two, and another when eleven years old in 1888. Edward J., the surviving son, was born in Ransomville, February 14, 1863, and attended school in Vassar. He is married and his family includes a a [sic] child two years old. Edward J. represents the Soapine Manufacturing Company of New York at Council Bluffs. The daughter, Luella S., was born in Ransomville, N. Y., and is now under the parental roof. The family of which our subject is a member is known in English history as being prominent in the Border warfare between Scotts and Saxons, and sustained their warlike reputation down to the time of Cromwell. The father of our subject, his grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather, were all only sons in their respective families. 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/taylor509gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb

Tuscola-Washtenaw-Ingham County MI Archives Biographies.....Lyon, Robert G. 1841 - ************************************************ 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 14, 2007, 6:56 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) ROBERT G. LYON is one of the prominent business men of Vassar, who proved his valor and his endurance as well as patriotism upon the battlefield and in the march and bivouac, and while we prize the record of the war days of our brave men, we feel that we should realize more fully that the same men are now doing as valuable work in the ordinary avocations of life as they did when marching under the old flag, for they are promoting the prosperity of their beloved country only in another way. Mr. Lyon was born near Ann Arbor, April 4, 1841, and his parents, L. M. and Luna (Lane) Lyon, both natives of New York, came to Michigan many years ago. The father was a native of the great Eastern metropolis, and came hither in 1830, while still unmarried, and his union with Luna Lane took place in 1832. L. M. Lyon devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, and his son was reared on the farm. In addition to his common-school training he was given two years in the Ann Arbor High School. At the age of eighteen he took his position at the teacher's desk, and followed that profession for two years, after which he went to Pennsylvania, and having been there a year and a half, he was still in the East when the, war broke out. He was one of the first to respond to President Lincoln's call for troops, and enlisted May 16, 1861, in Company F, Twenty-third New York Infantry, being mustered in at Elmira, N. Y. He took part in several hard-fought battles, being at South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, the second Bull Run, Chantilly and Chancellorsville. He received his honorable discharge May 22, 1863. The young soldier was happy to be able to show the following recommendation, which he received from his commanding officer: Provost-Marshal's Office, Twenty-seventh Congressional District of the State of New York, Elmira, N. Yr., July 21, 1863. To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Robert G. Lyon (the bearer) was a member of my company from its organization, and has served his entire term of enlistment (two years) with marked fidelity. The faithful discharge of his duties, his unwavering courage and bravery on all occasions and under any circumstances, justly entitle him to my highest recommendation for the kind consideration of our military authorities. WILLIAM N. DINGELDEY, Capt. Co. F, 23d Reg't, N. Y. V. Mr. Lyon returned to his father's home in Michigan, and there remained until December 18, 1863, when he enlisted in the Fourteenth Independent Michigan Battery. He served until July 1, 1865, after which he undertook the cultivation of his father's farm and carried it on for one year on shares. After this he was united in marriage, December 7, 1866, with Catherine Waite, of Scio, Washtenaw County. The young couple now settled upon a farm, which Mr. Lyon had bought in Onondaga Township, Ingham County, and there carried on agricultural operations for fourteen years, during which time Mrs. Lyon's health became materially impaired. Mr. Lyon now formed a partnership with Mr. A. Sanford, buying a bankrupt stock of hardware at Vassar in 1880, and continued this relation until April 11, 1891, when our subject bought out his partner's interest. He now has a fine stock not only of hardware, but also of agricultural implements, paints, oils and stoves, and by using good judgment and being courteous, honest, upright and enterprising, he has built up an excellent trade and has made himself extremely popular among those who have occasion to deal with him. His customers are from the best class of both towns-people and farmers, and his success is all the more commendable in that it has been the result of his own earnest and unaided efforts. The political sympathies and convictions of Mr. Lyon have always brought him into line with the Republican party, and he has been a leader in its ranks from his first coming to Vassar. For four years he was the President of the village, and at the present time he is the Chairman of the Water Committee. He is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, and is considered one of its leading members. 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/lyon508gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Greene, Grace Weddel ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:55 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Grace Weddel Greene Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/greene8360ph.jpg Image file size: 130.7 Kb Grace Weddel Greene 1889-1919 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/greene8360ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Green, Asa P. ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:55 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Asa P. Green Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/green8359ph.jpg Image file size: 114.8 Kb Asa P. Green 1838-1909 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/green8359ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Gray, Polly ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:54 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Polly Gray Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/gray8358ph.jpg Image file size: 122.2 Kb Polly Gray died 1883 Lot 79, Rt. 4 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/gray8358ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Grant, Ella L. ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:53 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Ella L. Grant Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/grant8357ph.jpg Image file size: 131.9 Kb Ella L. Grant 1881-1959 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/grant8357ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Grant, Alonzo W., Jr. ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:52 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Alonzo W., Jr. Grant Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/grant8356ph.jpg Image file size: 130.1 Kb Alonzo W. Grant, Jr. Jul. 31, 1916 - Jan. 24, 1998 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/grant8356ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Grant, Alonzo 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:52 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Alonzo E. Grant Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/grant8355ph.jpg Image file size: 134.6 Kb Alonzo E. Grant 1883-1980 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/grant8355ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Ford, Lucinda ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:51 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Lucinda Ford Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/ford8354ph.jpg Image file size: 122.0 Kb Lucinda Ford 1811-1879 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/ford8354ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Tuscola-Benzie County MI Archives Biographies.....Slafter, David G. 1817 - ************************************************ 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 14, 2007, 6:51 pm Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) DAVID G. SLAFTER, President of the First National Bank at Vassar, was born on New Year's Day, 1817, in Windsor County, Vt., and had his training upon the farm and his education in the district school, after which he took one year in the academy at Canaan, N. H. He is the fifth in a family of eight his parents being John and Persis (Grow) Slafter, who were natives of Connecticut and Vermont respectively. Mr. Slafter was married at the age of twenty-six, February 11, 1843, to Miss Ann C. Lucas. The young couple remained on the old homestead and with filial devotion took charge of his father and mother and paternal grandmother, as well as her father and mother, all these relatives dying there and being buried in the cemetery at Tuscola. Mr. Slafter came into possession of the farm that was settled by the grandfather, John Slafter, who was one of the three first white settlers in Norwich, Vt., and one of the original proprietors of the township, thus being entitled to land. He helped to build Dartmouth College, when it was yet a log building and he had been a soldier in the French and Indian wars and was a Drum-Major in the Revolutionary conflict, being under Gen. Putnam. Our subject removed from Vermont and located in Tuscola in 1849. He engaged in lumbering, and dealt in pine and farming lands, and after being here for some time he returned to Vermont and disposed of his property there, bringing on his parents to make their home with him. He has served as Justice of the Peace for thirty-seven years in Michigan and forty all told, and there is no other Justice in the county who ranks with him in length of service. For four years, from 1851 to 1855, he served as Probate Judge, and was Deputy United States Marshal during the War of the Rebellion. In 1863 he was a member of the State Legislature and the extra session in 1864, and he became one of the organizers of the First National Bank in Vassar in 1883, and for a number of years served as Vice-President, becoming President in 1889. Mr. Slafter has been the owner of thousands of acres of land and is one of the six who now own between sixty and seventy thousand acres of pine lands in Alabama. This is in addition to the five farms which he owns in this section of the country. In connection with another gentleman he is about to build a sawmill in Benzie County, Mich., for the manufacture of hardwood lumber. He has been connected with the Masonic fraternity for some twenty-five or thirty years being a member of the Blue Lodge. He has been a great traveler both East and West and has had an interest in the cattle business in Wyoming among the Black Hills. He has likewise journeyed extensively throughout the South and is a self-made man, both educationally and financially. He gave to his aged parents such good care that no word of fault has been found with him by any one in the connection and the aged people themselves went down to their graves in perfect peace and comfort for which his wife receives due credit. No children have been granted to them but they have brought up one girl whom they did not regularly adopt and adopted one son, Morgan B. Slafter, who was born in Tuscola, May 26, 1855. The marriage of Morgan B. Slafter and Miss Carrie M. Smith of Canton, N. Y., took place January 14, 1880. This lady was born June 16, 1857, in Canton, and is a daughter of Jacob and Lovina Smith. Our subject is yet actively engaged in his work and takes his place at the bank each day notwithstanding the frosts of seventy-five years. The paternal grandmother of Mr. Slafter lived to be ninety-six years old; his mother lived to be ninety-four years old, and his father died at the age of eighty 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/slafter507gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Fliss, Paul ************************************************ 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: Dave & Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com February 14, 2007, 12:51 pm Cemetery: Oak Hill Name: Paul Fliss Date Of Photograph: June 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/fliss8353ph.jpg Image file size: 124.0 Kb Paul Fliss June 4, 1914 - June 22, 1921 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/photos/tombstones/oakhill/fliss8353ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb