This is a section of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Records for Shiawassee county that I found while doing some industrial type cleaning of the computer room. It is from Vol. 13, 1879 - 1880 Mrs. Ensa Simpson died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Hall, the 1st day of April, 1879, in the township of Owosso, county of Shiawassee, Mich, aged 69 years, 10 months, and 6 days. Mrs. Simpson came with her husband, Mr. Lewis Simpson, in the year 1842, and settled in the west part of the township of Owosso, then with scarcely any road or settlers in the vicinity. Since the death of her most estimable husband, which occurred several years ago, she has resided on the old homestead with her son, Edward Simpson. She was a worthy Christian woman, a member of the Baptist church, prayerful and cheerful, thought of feeble health, and was universally respected. The following obituary notice, take from the Shiawassee American, published at the city of Corunna, requires no further comments from the writer, who was not personally acquainted with the deceased: Mr. Enos Merrill died at his residence, a mile east of this city, on Friday, January 23, 1880, aged seventy years. The funeral took place on the following Sunday from the family residence, Rev. S.S. Chapin, Episcopal clergyman from St. Johns, officiating, and was attended by a large concourse of citizens. Mr. Merrill was born in the state of New York in the fall of 1810, living there until 1850, when with his family he came to Michigan and located at Fentonville, where for some years he engaged in hotel business. From there he went to Grand Rapids, but after a short time removed to Perry, in this county, where he remained until some fourteen years ago. At that time he purchased the farm east of this city, and there he continued to reside until his death. We have not learned the direct cause of his illness, but for the past two years his strong constitution has seemed to be gradually giving way to age and the effects of many years of industrious labor. His wife, Mrs. Laura M. Merrill, son Fred, and daughter Agnes, wife of Mr. Edward F. Kay of Detroit, with a large circle of close and attached friends, mourn the death of this good man. Mr. Merrill was attached to the Episcopal church, the faith in which he was reared. Our community did not possess a man of nobler qualities of head and heart, or of keener sympathy in the cares and responsibilities of those about him. Strong integrity of purpose supported him in the active duties of life, and did not fail him as the shades of night gathered round and death quietly loosed the silver cord. He died as the just die, and in his departures the world has lost a true exemplar of his race. "after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." Mrs. Sarah Dunning, widow of the late John Dunning of the township of Perry, county of Shiawassee, died the 27th day of September, 1879, aged seventy-four years and ten months. She was universally beloved by a large circle of friends and loving children. She had lived for fifty-five years with the beloved of her youthful days, and was so fitly reunited to him on whom she could always rely in the journey of life. The blessing of Him on whom both so firmly relied had ever surrounded them. Their influence left behind will never die. Joseph Howe, youngest son of Joseph and Abigail Thompson Howe, was born in Cheshire county, New Hampshire, May 28, 1790; married Miss Tamson Austin Mead n Arlington, Vermont, September 25, 1811; emigrated to Michigan in 1832, and settled in the township of Superior, Washtenaw county. Was supervisor of the township and a member of the committee on construction of the county buildings when they were erected. He was a most conscientious and devout member of the Universalist church of Ann Arbor. H removed to Bennington, Shiawassee county in the year 1841, and cultivated a farm. He died in the city of Owosso, May 16, 1876, aged eighty-six years, composed and in full faith in his Redeemer. He was ever cheerful, and possessed of most remarkable conversational powers. He suffered for years from lameness, resulting from sciatica and injuries received while upon his farm. Strong in his convictions of right and justice, he held in high veneration the constitution of the United States, and was jealous of anything that tended to innovation of its principles, as he believed them. He was a Jeffersonian democrat, charitable and liberal. I have no connection to any of these names.

Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collection, Vol. 26, 1894-1895 JAMES M. VanAUKEN. - James M. VanAuken died at his home in South Vernon, Sunday, February 4, 1894 at 7:30 o'clock p.m., aged 73 years and 26 days. Few men in the township were as well known as James M. VanAuken. He came to this county over 50 years ago and settled on the farm where he died. He leaves a widow but no children. He was a model citizen in every respect. His private life was exemplary, always clean, honest, straight and true he lived the life of an honest man and a Christian. He hewed his way to success and died honored and beloved. His funeral was held from his late home, Wednesday, February 7 at 11 a.m. Elder SANBORN, an old and highly esteemed friend of the deceased and of his family, preached the funeral sermon and the remains were tenderly laid to their last rest in the South Vernon cemetery. I have no connect to these names, merely found this article among some old papers and typed and posted it. Enjoy. gypsy

We have a photo of a group of men cutting trees in a wooded area taken in 1903. On the back of the photo it indicates that the photo was taken on the Frank McCartney or Frank McCarlney Farm. Anyone have any connection to this family. The photo came from our Grandfather, John Henry Dibean, who was born in Bennington Township of Shiawassee County. Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan Marriage Index Links: http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/ GenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/marriages/michigan/michigan.htm ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Dear Listers: Some of you may receive this letter more than once if you are on more than one county List in Michigan. I apologize for any inconvience this may cause you. I believe we all should be made aware of what is beginning to become a problem with our cemeteries through out Michigan. Yesterday, Detroit News Metro/State Section carried a news article about the City of Lansing wanting to reclaim thousand of unused gravesites so that they may resell them to bring money into their government. As the City of Jackson, Michigan has already done this and has netted them three hundred thousand dollars, we as descendants of the families who are buried in Michigan Cemeteries need to stand up as one to put a stop to this unlawful event. Yes, we have many old and historical cemeteries through out Michigan and its many counties, cities, towns, villages but I do not believe that any of these governments have the right to take back what your ancestors paid for with their blood, sweat, and tears. Our ancestors paid for these graves to be used by our families, not to be taken back from the descendants of these people who paid for these graves. Yes, families move and shift around the country and thus we leave unused grave sites but I believe that these unused sites should remain in the families of the people who are buried in these plots that have unused sites. I own plots in three different cemeteries in the State of Michigan and since I hold title to them that has been passed down from my great grandparents, grandparents, and parents does not give the city, town, county, or state the right to confiscate them to resell them at their gain. There is no way that my husband and I will utilize all of these gravesites but since I have the titles to theses plots I intend handing them down to my children to be used after our deaths and burial. In order to keep from having this event occur anywhere in our State, we as the family historians and genealogists need to stand up and voice our opinions and let these governments know that we won't stand for this thievery. We need to contact the Michigan Governor and the Senators and the House Representatives, the county executives, city mayors to let them know that we are going to protect our ancestoral burial sites from them. So what I am asking is for help here. With each one of us contacting the cemeteries in which your loved ones were laid to rest find out if there are unused spaces and find out how to go about getting the titles to these plots so that the government cannot take them and then resell them at inflated prices back to the public. Yes, the City of Lansing states they they are going to search for descendants but they already are in financial trouble and therefore could not afford to research and search out the owners or descendants of these family plots as it would cost a small fortune. As we all know the government states they will do one thing and they do entirely a different thing. Your ancestors that date back to the beginning of the State of Michigan only paid a few dollars for these plots which many hold 8, 10, 12 sites in each plot but it was their hard earned money not the governments money taht paid for these plots. Cemeteries are sacred ground and should not be desecrated by anyone including the governments of these cities, towns, villages, counties, and or State. Yes, our ancestors may have only paid 30.00-50.00 per plot but the going prices for these same lots today can bring in as much as four thousand dollars or more depending on where they are at. Checking the Want Ads this a.m. where I live the cheapest lots were going for $2,345.00 each. So you see the government will really be making a killing on these unused plots that our ancestors paid for and they want to take them away from the family descendants. What will happen if you live out of state and have not been contacted and a family member dies and you are going to bury them in the family plot only to find out that it has been sold out from under you without your permission to do this? So please list members write letters, email them, write to the newspapers to the governor and the senators, and representatives, county executives, mayors and let them know we are not going to allow this to go any further and also make the City of Jackson return the monies they made off of the resale of these private plots. I am including email addresses in which you can write to the two major newspapers in Michigan and I am also giving you email addresses for other government officials. To write to the newspapers: [email protected] [email protected] www.LSJ.com click on the website and then click on the "contact us" and write your letters. Lansing State Journal Write to your local and county newspapers, let them know how you feel about what these governments are trying to do. Protect your cemeteries and your ancestral burial sites from these thieves before it is too late and they destroy them all because of their greediness. Write to the Governor of Michigan Janet Granholm by going to www.michigan.gov then register your email address and then click on Online Forms and Feedback and then write your letter. To address your letters to the Senators and House members address it like this [email protected] putting the name of your house representative in place of John Doe. For the Senate you address is as [email protected] putting your state senators name in place of John Doe. write to your county executive, mayors in the same way. If you want to fax a letter to the Governor of Michigan here is the number 1-517-373-3400 Lets get this out in the open so that everyone knows what is going on. We need to defend our ancestors final resting places and to retain them as they are now and not allow the government to sell them off. If we let them get away with this this time what will they do next? Dig up the bones and dump them in a garbage dump because they will stand to get more moeny from reselling these plots. I say NO! Dont' let them do this. Jean Payton

Great sites for maps and general info. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NJ] Re: Genealogy Links Would like to pass these links along. I found them interesting and helpful. Some of you may feel the same. US & State County Census Maps www.genealogyinc.com/uscm.htm US & State County Formation Maps www.genealogyinc.com/uscf.htm Southestern States www.segenealogy.com NorthEaster States www.negenealogy.com meanings of terms & descriptions www.genealogyinc.com/descriptions/

DAGE/DEEG/DEIG/DAG/DEG are some alternate spellings of the name that is now spelled "DAGUE" by most descendants of brothers Friedrich and Andreas Deeg who emigrated from Durlach, Baden, Germany to America in 1753. I am posting information about the Dague National Reunion under these alternate spellings to reach other family members who may still be using these spellings. For information about this national reunion celebrating the 250 years our family has been in America, please go to http://hometown.aol.com/waltjeanp/daguereunion.htm ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

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Seeking descendants of Orland MEAD and Mary Jane DAGUE, born 1858 in Lorain Co., OH. They had four children born in Michigan: Edward, Harvey, Horace and Lula who married Dr. Fred J. ROOT. We are hoping to contact these descendants of Mary Jane DAGUE MEAD to let them know of the National Dague Reunion celebrating the 250 Years the Dague Family has been in America. For information, please go to: http://hometown.aol.com/waltjeanp/daguereunion.htm ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

From "Michigan Cemetery Source Book": Two books have this cemetery's tombstones transcribed: "Genesee Co., Michigan Cemeteries" Vol. 13 by Merle Perry Jr. F572.G3 G473z and "Shiawassee Co., Michigan Cemetery records and Death Records", Vol. 5 by Mrs. Frances Herber Hazelton F572.S7 S472 1981; mfm: F572.L36 L3 1975a These books are at the Library of Michigan in Lansing. The Flint Genealogical Society has this book for sale at their web site: Glenwood Cemetery City of Flint, Burial Records 1857-2000 by Robert A. Berlin and Michael F. Taylor. 242pp. $24.00 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mifgs/fgspubs.html Bonnie Burkhardt [email protected] Subscribe to Missing Links and Somebody's Links at http://www.petuniapress.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Stedman Willett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 9:55 AM Subject: [MISHIAWA-L] Michael P. Hesch > Michael P. Hesch is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Vernon. Can anyone tell me the section where he is buried? Or, is there a book somewhere that gives the section and grave # available at a library? > > thanks > > > > www.willett.org > RAOGK Volunteer, Michigan > > Shop at the willett.org store: www.cafepress.com/michiganhistory > > Stedman.Willett.Bovee.Lindsey.Fleming.Harman.Patton.Tereau.Hesch > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Michael P. Hesch is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Vernon. Can anyone tell me the section where he is buried? Or, is there a book somewhere that gives the section and grave # available at a library? thanks www.willett.org RAOGK Volunteer, Michigan Shop at the willett.org store: www.cafepress.com/michiganhistory Stedman.Willett.Bovee.Lindsey.Fleming.Harman.Patton.Tereau.Hesch --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

Dear List, Does anyone know where are the tax records for Hazelton and New Haven township? Are they archived any place? I have just checked the state archives tax record circular and did not find anything for Shiawassee County. Gary Veale [email protected]

We maintain the Michigan Marriage Index Database that has over 430,000 records of marriages that took place in Michigan. As part of our database we record the email address of researchers that have an interest in the various records. We have many records that have email address that are no long valid for one reason or another. One example is the shutting down of "@home.com". We have attempted to obtain accurate email address for those that are no longer valid, but, this has caused an expression of concern for many subscribers to the various mailing lists as they feel that we are overloading the system. We will no longer attempt to obtain correct email addresses. IF ANYONE HAS PROVIDED US WITH EMAIL ADDRESSES TO ATTACH TO THE MARRIAGE RECORDS AND HAVE CHANGED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS PLEASE SEND US A MESSAGE THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE "OLD" AND "NEW" EMAIL ADDRESS. With several thousand email addresses in the database we cannot check everyones email so please only send us a message if you have had a change.  Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan Marriage Index Links http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/ ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Where in Shiawassee Co is the best place to go to look-up death records? There are two death certificates that I would like to obtain from Shiawassee Co. I live about 300 miles away and I am trying to decide if it would be worth my while to make a trip there. Where is the county courthouse? Do they have good access to vital records? Would I be better off at a library in Shiawassee? Where is the best one? Thanks for any help you can provide. Stephanie Volunteer for Chippewa Co, Michigan Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness http://www.raogk.org/ Let me tell you about my ancestors...

o I recently bought a Victorian scrap album on eBay and in the back found an envelope with three items inside. The envelope is dated January 1922 addressed to M. A. HERRICK, Owassa?, Michigan. On the back the return envelope is from C. A. H., McMillan St., Cincinnati, Ohio. There are three items inside that do not seem to relate to each other at all-- so might have been handed down in the same family I guess. They are: -- a handwritten tax receipt dated 1843, Michigan, taxes paid by Thomas SEARS for the year 1840 -- a tax receipt dated Dec. 1871, Michigan, paid by J. SHUMWAY -- a photo dated 1923 of a lady in front of a car that is loaded down with "stuff." On the back she lists all the stuff- bed roll, food items, etc. She mentions that farther up the hill someone was playing Spanish music on a Victrola and that this, with the birds singing, was a beautiful way to start the day! She and a friend were on their way home from Carmel and Big Basin. If you know about these seemingly unrelated folks and prove a relationship I will be happy to reunite them with you for the cost of postage. Gail Adams [email protected] PERMISSION TO REPRINT notices from SOMEBODY'S LINKS is granted, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) the following notice, including the URL, appears at the end of the message: Previously published in SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found, Vol. 5, No. 9, 20 March 2003. http://www.petuniapress.com/

----- Original Message ----- To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [INRipley] Rev War and maps >found these and thought I would share them. Census and formation maps >Northern Maps >http://www.negenealogy.com/ngo03.htm > and one for the Revolutionary war that is still under construction > according to the webmaster but still has so good stuff none the less. > http://www.uswars.net/1775-1783/index.htm > >Chas

I recently received two SCHULTZ marriage licenses that are not my family's. I will send these to families of descendants. -- George A. SCHULTZ, 24, son of John and Fredericka SCHULTZ, married on 9 May 1907 in Corunna, Shiawassee County, Michigan to Viva WITHINGTON, 19, daughter of Albert and Carrie WITHINGTON. -- John SCHULTZ, 34, son of Frank and Anna SCHULTZ, married on 7 August 1924 in Elkhart, Indiana to Nellie NOFFSINGER, 36, daughter of Jay and Mary NOFFSINGER. Joseph MARTIN [email protected] >>>>> PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in MISSING LINKS, Vol. 8, No. 7, 16 February 2003 http://www.petuniapress.com >>>>>

Many thanks to those who information on obituary websites. RG Boyd

There is an index at this web site for the Durand Express obituaries for the 1980s, 90s, 2000, and 2001. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/shiawassee/7801dur.htm I couldn't find a Shiawassee Co. paper online. There is an Argus Press in Owosso (or was) and also an Argus Press in Livingston County online. Don't know, if you are looking for obits, if the newspaper in Livingston Co. would have obits from Shiawassee Co. Found this web site for the Argus Press obits from the 1940s to 1990s with some in 2000 also. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/shiawassee/7801arg.htm Also found this as explanation of why the Argus Press is not online with a link to a local funeral home web site which has obits those recently deceased. http://www.shianet.org/pages/faq/argus.shtm Also check out the Shiawassee District Library http://www.sdl.lib.mi.us/ They have a surname file with info. Bonnie Burkhardt [email protected] From: "home" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 6:48 PM Subject: [MISHIAWA-L] Shi-town obits > Hello > > Is there a web site that gives Shiawassee County obits? > Does the newspaper has a web site? > > Richard G. Boyd > Rogers City, Michigan > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hello Is there a web site that gives Shiawassee County obits? Does the newspaper has a web site? Richard G. Boyd Rogers City, Michigan

I am looking for any information on the Easttown Cafe which was located across the street from the Capitol Theatre. Does anyone have any photos or information about this restaurant in Owosso? Would appreciate any information...this was once an establishment owned or operated by ancestors prior to the Depression. Thank you... Karen Smith [email protected]