Calhoun-Kalamazoo County MI Archives Obituaries.....Davis, Grace L. (Powell) December 13, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:24 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Mrs. Grace L. Davis died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at Care Community Assisted Living Center in Springfield, MI, with her husband of 62 years by her side. Grace (Powell) Davis was born in Constantine, MI. to Alma (Harrod) and James Powell. She soon moved to Kalamazoo and became a lifelong resident until 2004, when she and her husband moved to Springfield. As a resident of Kalamazoo's East side, Grace was actively involved in her community and was a founding member of Kalamazoo's Eastside Association. She was also a long time member of the Douglas Association, and for many years, was a 4-H leader teaching sewing and dance. She loved to bowl and golf, getting a "hole in one" twice. For many years she was a child care provider and was affectionately known to many children as "Nannie". Grace was also an accomplished dress maker and worked for some years at Jacobson's doing custom tailoring. She was also actively involved with the local schools and the Powell Branch of the Kalamazoo Public Library. While she was still able to do so, Grace would also drive her friends who could not drive, to any appointments or shopping that needed to be done. Grace was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Susan Ivans, and her daughter, Grace Louise Davis. Services will be held 1 o'clock Thursday from the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick St. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Powell Branch of the Kalamazoo Public Library in remembrance of Grace L. Davis or to the Alzheimer's Association. www. langelands.com. 343-1508. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/d/davis2670gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb

Branch County MI Archives Obituaries.....Murdock, Elsie December 16, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:22 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Elsie Murdock, 86, formerly of Coldwater, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007 in Dade City, FL. Visitation will be held prior to the service on Thursday, December 27 from 11 - 1:00 p.m. with services beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Dutcher Funeral Home. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/branch/obits/m/murdock2669gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hall, Elinor L. December 16, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:20 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Elinor L. Hall, 84, died December 16, 2007. Funeral will be 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 22, at First Baptist Church in Albion. Family Hour 11-12:00 p.m. at the Church. Arrangements by J. Kevin Tidd Funeral Homes, 811 Finley Drive, Albion. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/h/hall2668gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Calhoun-Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Castleman, Douglas H. December 16, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:19 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Dr. Douglas H. Castle- man, age 84, a longtime Hastings resident, and more recently of Battle Creek, died quietly at the Battle Creek Lifespan Good Samaritan Hospice Sunday, December 16, 2007. Born in Sandusky, Ohio. He attended Sandusky Schools and graduated in 1941. He then went on to Ohio Wesleyan University, until he went in the Army during WWII, where he was a surgical Tech in Panama. Upon returning, he went to Ohio State University Medical School. Doug later went back to the University of Michigan to specialize in anesthesia. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed painting water colors. He had been a past president of the Thornapple Arts Council and past member of Hastings Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. He loved people and especially enjoyed the socialization and his time at Northpointe Woods in Battle Creek. Doug was preceded in death by his second wife, Joyce (Hubbard) Castleman, parents Helen and Henry, and a sister, Elenor (Castleman) Panning. Friends can meet with the family on Thursday from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorial services will be held Friday, December 21, 2007 at 5:00 p.m., with visiting beginning at 4:00 p.m. at Girrbach Funeral Home. Memorials can be made to Lifespan Good Samaritan Hospice, 5470 Glenn Cross Rd., Battle Creek, Michigan 49015 or Dr. Douglas H. Castleman memorial Scholarship Fund. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbach funeralhome.net). Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/c/castlema2667gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sonicksen, Dora Christine (Jehnsen) December 20, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:17 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Dora Christine (Jehnsen) Sonicksen, 75, of Battle Creek, MI, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Kalamazoo's Bronson Methodist Hospital. She was born in Rodney, MI. Dora was a packer for the Kellogg Cereal Company for 27 years until she retired. She had previously worked at the Stevenson Camera Shop on West Michigan Avenue and as a clerk in the accessories department at the former L. W. Robinson store. She was preceded in death by her parents, her son: Jerry W. Sonicksen (1980), and three brothers: Raymond Jehnsen, William Jehnsen, and Ernest Jehnsen. Dora graduated in 1951 from Barryton High School and came to the Battle Creek. She was a long time member of the Church of the Brethren and most recently the Faith Baptist Church. She was a member of the Kellogg 25-Year Club, AARP and had assisted with Blue Birds when her daughter was young. She had made countless quilts for the Charitable Union and baby blankets for friends and family. She enjoyed crocheting, word search puzzles, she was an avid reader, and she and her husband had traveled for about 15 years to Lorida, Florida in their motor home during the winters. Visitation will be held at the Bachman Hebble Funeral Service after 9 a.m. Wednesday (December 26, 2007) where the family will be present from 2-7 p.m. Funeral services celebrating the life of Dora Sonicksen will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in the Bachman Funeral Chapel with Pastor James Beavers of Faith Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at the Bedford Cemetery. Memorial tributes may be made to Charitable Union or Charity of one's choice or Faith Baptist Church. Arrangements by the Bachman Hebble Funeral Service, a member by invitation Selected Independent Funeral Homes. (269)965-5145 Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/s/sonickse2666gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Obituaries.....Stout, David Reed December 18, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:13 pm Battle Creek Enquirer David Reed Stout, 44, of Battle Creek, died Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at Borgess Medical Center, due to a brain aneurysm that occurred Sunday. He was born in Battle Creek. He was preceded in death by his father, Norman Stout on December 23, 1994. David was a member of the R.W.S.U. Local #374. He was a certified scuba diver, swam in the Corporate Cup, rode the bull at the Brickyard, toured on his Harley, enjoyed snowmobiling, water and downhill skiing, snowboarding and all kinds of athletics and challenges. At the request of the family, friends will be received 1:00-3:00 p.m. and 6:00- 8:00 p.m. Friday at the Farley-Estes & Dowdle Funeral Home. Services to celebrate Dave's life will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 22, 2007, at First Wesleyan Church. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to his children's education fund. Personal messages for the family may be placed at www.farleyestesdowdle.com. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/s/stout2665gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Obituaries.....Underwood, Connie December 19, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:10 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Connie Underwood, 50, of Battle Creek, died Wednesday morning, December 19, 2007 at the Battle Creek Health System. She was born in Charlotte, Michigan. Connie graduated from Bellevue High School and furthered her education at Davenport University. Connie was preceded in death by a daughter, Leanne Jeannette Underwood on November 11, 1996; her father, William A. Wakefield; and a sister, Judy Jarman. "Connie was a wonderful lady and will be truly missed by us all!" She enjoyed reading, landscaping and working in her yard, shopping and spending time with her family and friends. At the request of the family, friends may call after 1:00 p.m., Sunday, December 23, 2007 at the Farley-Estes & Dowdle Funeral Home where they will be received 1:00 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 7:00 p.m., Sunday. Funeral services to celebrate Connie's life will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at the funeral home with Pastor Mike Sparks of Resurrection Power Ministries, officiating. Interment will follow at Fort Custer National Cemetery. Memorials directed to the charity of one's choice would be appreciated. Personal messages for the family may be placed at www. farleyestesdowdle.com. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/u/underwoo2664gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Calhoun County MI Archives Obituaries.....Root, Betty Marie December 20, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:08 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Betty Marie Root, 86, of Battle Creek and Fort Myers, Florida, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007 at North Point Woods. She born in Johnstown Township, Michigan. Betty was a 1940 graduate of Delton High School and served in the Spars-U.S. Coast Guard from 1943 to 1945. She was employed by Larmours Drug, E.W. Bliss in Hastings, Eaton Manufacturing and at General Foods Division of Post products retiring in 1983. Betty was a life member and Past Matron of the O.E.S. Prudence Nobles Chapter #366, member of the Past Matrons Club, General Foods 25- year club and A.A.R.P. She was married to Max G. Root in Battle Creek and he preceded her in death on February 22, 2007. She was also preceded in death by her parents; sisters: Gertrude Rhoades, Charlotte Walters, Neva Hussong, Lucile Doster and Juanita Kilgore; and a brother: Albert F. Kiblinger. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. today at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeffrey Worden officiating and visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Private interment will be held in Banfield Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Binder Park Zoo or the Calhoun County Humane Society. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/r/root2663gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Betty Mae December 17, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 6:05 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Betty Mae Moore, age 82, of Hastings, died Monday, December 17, 2007. Visitation will be Friday from 4-6 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Hastings. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the church. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/barry/obits/m/moore2662gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Calhoun-Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Amon "Duane" December 18, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis davenrobn@gmail.com December 24, 2007, 5:59 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Amon "Duane" Smith, 51, of Dowling, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Battle Creek Health System. He was born in Battle Creek. Duane graduated from Hastings High School in 1975. He was owner of Treeman Inc., along with his brother Dan and uncle Dillard. He was preceded in death by his father Clyde Smith and uncle, Dillard Smith. Duane enjoyed fishing, hunting, and snowmobiling, he was an outdoors man. Family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday with Pastor Matt Hayman of Dexter Lake Church of God officiating. In lieu of flowers his family requests that you plant a tree in memory of him. Additional Comments: I am not related. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/obits/s/smith2660gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb

Macomb-Saint Clair County MI Archives Deaths.....Leverenz, Augusta Caroline August 24, 1951 ************************************************ 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: Barbara Zimmer desertsezimmer@hotmail.com December 24, 2007, 5:22 pm Name: Leverenz, Augusta Caroline Date Of Death: August 24, 1951 Time: 11:50 a.m. Place Of Death: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Residence: Richmond, Macomb County, Michigan Gender: Female Race: W Age: 75 Marital Status: Married Spouse: Date Of Birth: June 9, 1876 Place Of Birth: Michigan Mother's Name: Beier, Fredericka Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Kuester, Frederick Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease; Diabetes Mellitus Hospital: St. Joseph's Mercy SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Housewife Funeral Home: Clifford D. Hensch Doctor: J.J. Reichman Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Herman Leverenz Date Of Burial: August 27, 1951 Place Of Burial: Richmond Date Recorded: August 27, 1951 Source Of Record: Michigan Department of Health Death Certificate Certificate No.: 5001 8096 Additional Comments: Husband's name is not included on this Death Certificate. His name is Herman Leverenz. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/macomb/vitals/deaths/leverenz263gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Macomb-Saint Clair County MI Archives Deaths.....Leverenz, Herman August 6, 1959 ************************************************ 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: Barbara Zimmer desertsezimmer@hotmail.com December 24, 2007, 5:13 pm Name: Leverenz, Herman Date Of Death: August 6, 1959 Time: Place Of Death: Hilltop Manor Nursing Home Residence: Richmond, Macomb County, Michigan Gender: Male Race: W Age: 85 Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: Leverenz, Augusta Date Of Birth: June 4, 1874 Place Of Birth: Michigan Mother's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Leverenz, John Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Arteriosclerotic heart disease Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Section Hand Funeral Home: Unavailable Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Stanly K. Schultz Informant: Arnold Leverenz Date Of Burial: August 9, 1959 Place Of Burial: Richmond Cemetery Date Recorded: August 7, 1959 Source Of Record: Michigan Department of Health Certificate of Death Certificate No.: 43945 Did not have a Social Security Number Mothers maiden name was listed as unknown Additional Comments: Mothers maiden name may be Sophia Peeper or Palms File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/macomb/vitals/deaths/leverenz262gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb

Saint Clair County MI Archives Deaths.....Leverenz Jr., Herman John June 4, 1997 ************************************************ 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: Barbara Zimmer desertsezimmer@hotmail.com December 24, 2007, 4:11 pm Name: Leverenz Jr., Herman John Date Of Death: June 4, 1997 Time: 11:13 a.m. Place Of Death: River District Hospital Residence: East China Twp, St. Clair County, MI Gender: Male Race: W Age: 95 Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: Leverenz, Gladys Mary Date Of Birth: November 11, 1901 Place Of Birth: Richmond, Michigan Mother's Name: Kuester, Augusta Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Leverenz, Herman John Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Gastrointestinal bleeding; Cancer of Gastrointestinal Tract Hospital: River District Hospital SS Number: 365-03-2802 Occupation: Carpenter Funeral Home: Young Colonial Chapel Doctor: Annette Mercatante Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Kenneth Leverenz Date Of Burial: June 7, 1997 Place Of Burial: Hillside Cemetery Date Recorded: Unavailable Source Of Record: Michigan Department of Public Health Certificate of Death Certificate No.: 0972835 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/stclair/vitals/deaths/leverenz261gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb

Saint Clair County MI Archives Deaths.....Leverenz, Gladys Mary January 2, 1974 ************************************************ 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: Barbara Zimmer desertsezimmer@hotmail.com December 24, 2007, 4:02 pm Name: Leverenz, Gladys Mary Date Of Death: January 2, 1974 Time: 9:00 p.m. Place Of Death: Faith Medical Center Residence: East China Twp, Saint Clair County, MI Gender: Female Race: W Age: 64 Marital Status: Married Spouse: Leverenz, Herman Date Of Birth: February 11, 1909 Place Of Birth: Unavailable Mother's Name: Zuelke, Annie Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Lindow, Paul Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Terminal Uremia; Arteriosclerotic hypertensive cardio-vascular renal disease Hospital: Faith Medical Center SS Number: 377-46-7229 Occupation: Housewife Funeral Home: Colonial Chapel Inc. Doctor: Robert P. Clifford Coroner: Unavailable Informant: Herman Leverenz Date Of Burial: January 5, 1974 Place Of Burial: Hillside Cemetery Date Recorded: January 4, 1974 Source Of Record: Michigan Department of Public Health Certificate of Death Certificate No.: 5125 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/stclair/vitals/deaths/leverenz260gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Lauderbaugh, John 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 24, 2007, 2:50 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) JOHN LAUDERBAUGH. Among the thrifty, prosperous and intelligent German-American citizens of Atlas Township, Genesee County, the worthy and much respected subject of this biography stands in the front. His parents, John and Margaret Lauderbaugh, were Bavarians, as he also is, and he was born June 4, 1819. He was reared in his native country and early undertook the work of a farmer. At the age of twenty-four the young man served an apprenticeship of some three years at the stonemason's trade, and followed that line of work for more than twenty-years in both Germany and America. His education was obtained in the German National schools, and he emigrated to America in 1849, taking passage in a sailing-vessel at Bremen and landing in New York. He first worked in Niagara County, and was there married to Elizabeth Ebler, and by her had ten children, only four of whom are now living, namely: William, John; Mary, wife of Charles Gehm; and Eliza, wife of Frank Miller. Our subject and family came to Genesee County in the fall of 1856, and in the following spring settled on his present farm in a log cabin 16x24 feet in size, which remained their home for a number of years. In this deeply-wooded region Mr. Lauderbaugh has done a great amount of thorough pioneer work. For years his only draft animals were oxen, and he found them efficient, though slow, in breaking up land. One hundred and forty acres constitute the estate of Mr. Lauderbaugh, one hundred acres of it being in the home farm, and all this fine property is the result of earnest and persevering labor, as he had no wealth when he came here. His political views incline him to work with the Democratic party, but he co-operates cordially with all who are working for the best good of the community. Both he and his wife are identified with the German Lutheran Church. His son, John R., resides at home with his parents, and like his father is a Democrat in politics. He owns fifty acres of land. 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/lauderba972gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....McAlester, Charles E. 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 24, 2007, 2:48 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) CHARLES E. McALESTER, B. S. This gentleman has been practicing law in Flint since 1862 and for several years has filled the office of Justice of the Peace. He was born in this city December 22, 1838, and is a son of James and Catherine (Miller) McAlester. The father first came here in the spring of 1836, from his home in New York where he had married. He was a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and while he worked at his trade of wagon-making during the week, he preached in different parts of the county on Sundays until his health failed. For some years he was an invalid, his death occurring September 9, 1872. He left a wife and one son, our subject. Miles D., of the United States Army, the other son, had died April 23, 1869. The mother still lives in this city at the age of eighty-three years. Our subject worked at the trade of wagon-making with his father for a time, and after teaching for about a year he entered the literary department of the University of Michigan in 1857 and graduated therefrom in 1861 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He studied law with Levi Walker and with Hon. E. H. Thompson and was admitted to the bar in 1862, but as the war then interested him he raised a company which became Company C, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, and being made Captain of it they were sent South. They had to endure severe service and a long-march of two hundred miles in Kentucky and on account of ill health he was obliged to take lighter duty. After four weeks spent in a hospital at Louisville he was detailed by Gen. J. T. Boyle as Judge Advocate of Court-Martial at Louisville, and afterward was placed with Gen. Burnside in charge of the defenses of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. As he had made a specialty of his engineering course at Ann Arbor he was enabled to take the position of Commander of the Engineering Battalion of the Twenty-third Army Corps, and finally acted as Chief Engineer of that corps during the siege of Knoxville and campaigns against Longstreet in Eastern Tennessee. During the Atlanta Campaign, when the army was a little south of Kenesaw Mountain, he was transferred to the department of the Cumberland, and was ordered to Chattanooga to organize Company B, of the First United States Veteran Volunteer Engineers, organized under a special act of Congress. All of the officers of this regiment were appointed after a competitive examination which he passed successfully and served with that body till it was mustered out of service September 26, 1865. During his connection with that regiment he was engaged in building pontoon bridges, block houses, etc., with Chattanooga as the center of operations. Returning to Flint at the close of the war Capt. McAlester resumed the practice of law, and was elected twice to the office of Circuit Court Commissioner, and later was elected Recorder for the city. In 1873 he engaged in the fire insurance business, acting as both State and local agent. He is a member of the Masonic order, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Grand Army of the Republic, and for eight years has been Secretary of his regimental association. In every capacity he has shown himself a man of marked abilities and one whose talents and character make him worthy of the highest appreciation. Capt. McAlester is a stanch Republican and assisted in the organization of the party in Eastern Michigan. Brevet Brigadier-General Miles D. McAlester, the only brother of our subject, died at Buffalo, N. Y., April 23, 1869. He was born at Belfast, Allegany County, that State, and removed with his parents to Flint in 1836, and was there appointed to the West Point Military Academy in 1852, graduating therefrom in the Class of '56. Being Second Lieutenant, he served as assistant Engineer at Ft. Taylor, and on the fortifications of New York Harbor where he was promoted to the position of Superintending Engineer. He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant and served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac as Assistant Engineer on the defenses of Washington, and afterward as Chief Engineer of the Third Corps in the Peninsular Compaign. For meritorious conduct on the field he was promoted in July, 1862, as Brevet-Major, and afterward as Lieutenant-Colonel and during his service in the department of the Ohio he was made Captain of Engineers in 1863. At the siege of Mobile he was Chief Engineer on the Staff of Gen. Canby —and for meritorious service was made Brevet Brigadier-General. A short respite from his arduous duties was afforded by his detail as Instructor of Practical Military Engineering and principal Assistant Professor of Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and later he served as Chief of the Engineering Division of the Army of West Mississippi. After much study of the mouth of the Mississippi River he designed and built under contract from the Government the United States Dredge Boat "Essayons" which was completed in 1868 and was a notable success. His work, of which we have given only a slight sketch, made him a noted man throughout the army and great grief was expressed by the officers, especially those connected with the engineering corps, on account of his untimely death. 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/mcaleste971gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Fairbank, Henry C. 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 24, 2007, 2:43 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) HENRY C. FAIRBANK, M. D., the oldest physician now residing in Genesee County, and a prominent citizen of Flint, is also notable as being one of the old Abolitionists, taking rank with the workers the party as far back as 1843. The Fairbank family came from Wales in 1632 and settled in Dedham, Mass., and a house built by those progenitors in 1635 still stands and is occupied by a descendant. The original and Welsh spelling of the name is Ffarbanchs. Since 1846 Dr. Fairbank has been in medical practice in this county, first in Fenton, then for sixteen years in Grand Blanc, with one year meanwhile in Flint, and returned to this city in 1804. He was born in Rose, Wayne County, N. Y., December 20, 1824. The father, Zenas, was born in Walpole, N. H., and the grandfather, Capt. Ebenezer, took part in the Revolutionary War, and died in Eastern New York. The father of our subject, who was likewise a practicing physician, began the pursuit of his profession in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1835, and the following winter came to Michigan and spent the first season near Ann Arbor, locating the following spring in Genesee County, where he took up forty acres of new land in Fenton Township, and also started a grocery store in the village of Linden, besides carrying on his profession. He was prominent in the township in public movements and also in the Free Will Baptist Church to which he belonged and he died in Linden in 1851 at the age of sixty-one. He was one of the organizers of the township of Argentine. Lucy Wade was the maiden name of the mother of our subject and she was born in Connecticut, a daughter of Dudley Wade. She died in Linden in October, 1855, leaving eight children. The eldest daughter, Mary F., is now Mrs. Lamb, and is living on the place where she first settled in Linden in 1835; Lafayette, the eldest son, a farmer in Linden, lost his only son by death in Andersonville Prison; Frances C., deceased; our subject and Jerome Z. are next in order of age, and the son who follows them is Judge James R. Fairbank, who enlisted in the fall of 1861 in the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and after the war went West to Lincoln, Neb., of which city he was afterward acting Mayor, and is now Judge of the County Court in Valley County, Neb. The two younger children are William M., deceased, and Lucy C., Mrs. Dr. H. P. Seymore of Ann Arbor. In the fall of 1835 our subject came to Michigan and the following spring settled in Linden, where he assisted his father to build a log house and helped to clear the land. He studied medicine at home with his father after attending the Linden School and after that was under the preceptorship of Dr. J. C. Gallup of Fenton for two years teaching school in the meanwhile to help himself along. In the fall of 1846 he entered the University of Willoughby, Ohio, and the following year began his course in the medical department of the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, graduating therefrom in 1848 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. During the long period of his country practice he forded and waded streams and journeyed many long miles on foot and on horseback and completely wore out a pair of saddlebags. In the summer of 1864 an urgent call came for volunteer surgeons to be sent to the front of the army, and Dr. Fairbank at once responded, going first to the National Capital, then to City Point, Va., remaining on duty in the field hospitals for twenty days, the length of time for which their services were demanded. He then came back to Grand Blanc, but in the following November located in Flint. He has been County Physician for three years and health officer for two terms. Dr. Fairbank was, in 1849, united in marriage at Long Lake with Miss Harriet J. Waterman, a native of Binghampton, N. Y. Their eldest son, Henry W., who graduated at the University of Michigan with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, is now writing and publishing music in connection with the house of Bradbury & Co., of Chicago. The eldest daughter, Carrie E., now deceased, was Mrs. E. C. Green of Lapeer, while the youngest daughter, Jennie M., who afterward married Mr. Green, also died as did her sister, of consumption. The second marriage of our subject took place in Detroit and united him with Miss Mary A. Rice, who was born in New York State, and is a daughter of the late Judge Samuel Rice of Grand Blanc Township, the first Judge of the Probate Court of this county. She is a graduate of the Ypsilanti Normal School and for fourteen years had charge of the department of English literature in that institution. He of whom we write is a member of the Flint Academy of Medicine in which he has served as President. He helped to organize the State Medical Association in its original form and belongs to the present organization and is also identified with the American Medical Association. For over twenty-five years he has been an official member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is now Chairman of its official board. He is a Republican in his political views and in the early days was often a delegate to State conventions of the Anti-Slavery party of the State. 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/fairbank970gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb

Genesee-Livingston County MI Archives Biographies.....Pettibone, Milton 1843 - ************************************************ 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 December 24, 2007, 2:37 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) MILTON PETTIBONE, senior member of the firm of Pettibone & McCall, is a liberal and public-spirited citizen of Flint, where he does a prosperous business in clothing and mens' furnishing goods. A resident of the city since 1867, he is a native of Michigan and was born at Howell February 7, 1843. He is the son of Roswell Pettibone, who was born in Rutland County, Vt., in 1813. The paternal grandfather, John Pettibone, served in the War of 1812 as one of the Green Mountain boys. By occupation he was a farmer, who early settled in the Holland Purchase, in New York, and later came West to Michigan, where he purchased a farm near Ypsilanti, now a part of that city. He was drowned in April, 1836, in Huron River during a freshet. The Pettibone family is of English descent and its various representatives possess the sturdy qualities of their English forefathers. At the end of fifteen years Roswell Pettibone came to Michigan, where he married a few years after his arrival. In 1842 he located in Genoa, Livingston County, purchasing a farm and improving the same. During his active years he engaged in farming operations, but now lives retired with a son in Detroit. Politically he is a Republican and a man whose opinion has considerable weight in the community where he resides. His wife was Letitia Terhune, who was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., to John and Sarah (Depew) Terhune, natives of New York State and of Dutch descent. The mother died in 1884. Her eight children all survive and are people of influence in their several localities. Milton Pettibone was reared and educated in Howell, his birthplace, and took advantage of his opportunities for receiving an education until, at the age of nineteen, he was qualified to enter the profession of teaching. One year later he engaged as a clerk with Jewett & Grossman, dry-goods merchant, of Howell, and acted in this capacity two years. In 1867 he came to Flint, where he clerked for Judd, McCreary & Avery, who were in the mercantile business. Five years after entering the store as a clerk he was taken into the firm as a partner, the firm name being F. W. Judd & Co. The financial venture was a success, but four years after forming the connection the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Pettibone engaged as clerk for Smith, Bridgeman & Co. two years. In 1878 he started in the clothing business on Saginaw Street, the firm name being Lewis & Pettibone. In January, 1889, Mr. Pettibone sold out his interest and with A. C. McCally, started again in business as a clothier. At their place of business, No. 609 Saginaw Street, Pettibone & McCall carry a large line of stock, including mens' goods, hats and caps, etc. They occupy two floors, 100x30 feet, and are numbered among the solid men of the city. The residence of Mr. Pettibone on the corner of Third and Liberty Street is presided over by a refined lady, who became his wife in Howell in 1866. Miss Elsie C. Rider was born in Genoa, Livingston County, Mich., and is the daughter of Joseph Rider, a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., as well as one of the earliest settlers of Livingston County, this State. Mr. Rider was a successful farmer and one of the first in the county to bring therein blooded and thorough-bred cattle. He served as Justice of the Peace many years and now lives a retired life in Genoa. Mrs. Rider was in her maidenhood Miss Maria Fishbeck and was born in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Pettibone have three children—Bertie, Charles L. and Max M., all at home. Socially he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Royal Arch Masons, is Past Eminent Commander of the Genesee Valley Commandery, No. 15, K. T., belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees, and the Royal Arcanum. 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/genesee/bios/pettibon969gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.7 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Boyce, Luke 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 December 24, 2007, 2:33 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) LUKE BOYCE, a farmer of Clayton Township, Genesee County, lives upon a farm of eighty acres, where he settled in 1869. He is a native of Cambridgeshire, England, and a son of Luke and Mary (Morley) Boyce, and was born December 10, 1832. His father was a farm laborer in England and there spent all his days. Our subject is the only child of these parents and he was educated in England, not coming to this country until he reached the age of nineteen. After remaining eighteen months in New York he traveled through the Western States working on the railroads and brick-making. In 1859 Luke Boyce married Miss Angeline E. Vice, an adopted daughter of William Guslin, but their life together was very brief, as she died in Missouri in 1860. In St. Joseph, Mo., he engaged in brick-making and remained there until March 1861, when he went to Nebraska, where he was employed in chopping wood. While in Omaha he enlisted in Company B, First Nebraska Infantry, joining the army June 11, 1861, but was transferred to Company E. He was in the service five years and twenty days, and during the latter part of this term was in the cavalry service, being changed by a general order from the Government in 1863, said order to the effect that territorial troops were to be mounted. They were engaged in fighting bushwhackers and guerrillas and during the latter part of the time were engaged in fighting the Indians on the plains and acting as guard to the stage coaches of the overland route. Mr. Boyce was in the following battles: Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Pitsburg Landing and Corinth and after that he went to Memphis and from there to Helena, Ark. Cape Girardeau was the next battle in which he took part. During the first skirmish in which he was engaged they took thirteen hundred prisoners, and sixty wagon loads of provisions were captured, He was never wounded nor captured but in the spring of 1864 he was in the hospital in Nebraska, as he was suffering from scurvy. After his discharge at Omaha, July 1, 1866, he came to Michigan and settled upon the farm where he now lives, in 1890. It was then all covered with timber and he has improved and cleared it and put it in first class condition. All the buildings upon it have been put there by him. He is ardently attached to the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic and is a Republican in politics. He is a Director of the school and in every way one of the prominent men of the township, being identified with the order of Odd Fellows and a stock-holder in the Clayton Center butter and cheese factory. His health has been greatly impaired ever since his army experience, and he finds it now difficult to attend actively to business and has withdrawn from most matters which require much effort. 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/boyce968gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb

Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Hurley, J. J. 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 24, 2007, 2:30 am Author: Chapman Bros. (1892) J. J. HURLEY. The genial President of the People's Electric Light and Power Company at Flint, dealer in wood and coal, manufacturer of soap and potash, is a man of many talents and varied interests. He was born in London, England, August 31, 1850, and is a son of John and Mary (Allen) Hurley, all of whom were natives of the great metropolis. Our subject's grandsire on the paternal side was a merchant, as was our subject's father, having his business stand in East London. Our subject's mother died in her native city in 1878. She had nine children, and he of whom we write was the fifth in order of birth of the family. Our subject obtained his education at Bedford House Academy, in Marlin Row. The acquisitive faculty soon showed itself to be strong within him, for when a child of only six years of age he began earning money by returning the fruit baskets to the wholesale dealers, for which he received a cent apiece. When thirteen years of age he had acquired $400, and with it he started into the fruit and merchandise business for himself. He was very successful and continued in business until twenty, but his success had cultivated in him extravagant habits. He lost his means, and being obliged to start anew, determined to come to America. He left Liverpool in May, 1871, and arrived in New York by steamer, a stranger. He came immediately to Grand Blanc, Mich., thence he came to Flint on foot and engaged in the livery business for $10 per month during the winter. In the spring of 1872 he started into business in partnership with William H. Fay as proprietor of the Sherman House. In 1876 Mr. Hurley bought out his partner's interest and continued to run it alone until 1879, when it was entirely consumed by fire. He afterward purchased the soap works here from Mr. Wilson. He has enlarged the business. The first year he turned out fifteen hundred boxes, and now produces five thousand boxes per annum. He also engages extensively in the jobbing trade. Their factory is operated by steam power. In 1885 Mr. Hurley started into the business of dealing in wood and coal. He buys the timber standing, and cuts and distributes it at his own expense. He probably has the most extensive stock in Michigan, keeping twenty-five thousand cords of wood constantly in stock and coal in proportion. Our subject owns an area of fifteen acres of land between the railroad and the river, and this is the site of his most important business operations. In 1885 he became the incorporator of the People's Electric Light and Power Company, and is at the present time its President. A. H. Gilles, is Vice-President; Romain Putnam, Treasurer, and A. G. Bishop, Secretary. Aside from these interests, he is an extensive owner of valuable real estate. He is half owner of ten residences built in 1889-90. They are located in the Fourth Ward, and the other half owner is F. P. Smith. Mr. Hurley also owns other property. He resides on Smith Street. Our subject was married in this city to Miss Mary Flynn; a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Peter Flynn, a farmer at Mt. Morris. The original of this sketch favors the Democratic policy. His success is due to close application to his business and to the comprehensive plans which he makes. He has always made an effort to be prompt in meeting his monetary obligations. 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/hurley967gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb