This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRABB, HUDSON, SHAW Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IGB.2ACI/193 Message Board Post: Please note: I am not related to this family and do not have any personal research on this line. I am posting this information for the benefit of other researchers. John H. BRABB -- John H. Brabb was born in Yorkshire, England, November 5, 1820. Came to Michigan in 1830, by way of Quebec, with his parents, Isaac and Hannah Hudson Brabb, settled on a farm known as the Sheldon place near Rochester, in Oakland county. During their residence there Governors Cass, Porter and Mason were entertained at the hospitable pioneer home. Four years later the family removed to Macomb county and settled in the township of Washington, near the village of Romeo. Married November 12, 1843, to Sarah A. Shaw, daughter of Marvil Shaw, an early pioneer of the county. Died April 23, 1894, aged 74 years. President of the First National Bank of Romeo for many years, an honorable, highly respected and useful citizen. Cannon, George H. "Memorial Report - Macomb County," in Michigan Historical Collections, v.26 (1894-95), p.162.