This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2209.1 Message Board Post: You are correct about her her place and date of birth. I have her Page ancestry back to her immigrant Page ancestor, which I will share with you, as well as her English Page ancestry back to the 1300's in the form of a book, I wrote and published. Contact me directly at <[email protected]>

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> Surnames: HALL JOBES Hi, I don't have any of the Hall's you mentioned but, I am looking for a Hall family that would be about the right time period. My g-grandfather was Albert Davis Hall. He was born in Springwater, Livingston County, NY in about 1864. Supposedly, (The story he was told growing up.) his mother died in childbirth and his father disappeared in a flood when he was 2. He was raised by an Albert and Candace(Cole) Davis in Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania. I know he was with them by 1870, because he was in the census then. They had come from Springwater about 1842. They had both died by the time my g-grandfather was about 12 or 14. and he sort of disappears for about 10 years after that. He never did say where he was except that he was on his own. If you think that he might fit anywhere in your research. Please contact me. I live about 4 hours from Springwater and every summer I plan to go up there to do some research but, I never seem to be able to do so. This year, my father just had cancer surgery so, I fear I won't make it this year either. Thanks Shawn Woodard [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iRB.2ACE/2783 Message Board Post: I have access to the NYS archives, they have a vital record index of births, marriage and death records for all of NY State. When ordered from the Albany office, they arrive in less than 4 weeks. I am a researcher, here is my web page: http://www.nyscensushunt.com I can help

Hello, These are not my relatives, but I thought someone might like to have the history for their records. It came from the: "1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros", in Michigan. Hope it helps someone. Colleen [email protected] JOSIAH FIRMAN is a farmer residing on section 14, Flushing Township, Genesee County. He was born in Avon, Genesee County, N. Y., May 14, 1822, and is a son of Jonathan G. and Marilla (Martin) Firman, natives of the same State. The former was a farmer, and coming to Michigan in 1824, settled in Bloomfield, Oakland County. Thence he removed to Genesee County and settled in the town of Mundy where he took up Government land. They had to cut their own roads through the forests for a mile and a half. There his wife died and after a residence of ten years upon the farm our subject's father went to Macomb County and devoted himself to farming until the latter years of his life when he removed to Utica, same county, and there resided until his decease. Our subject was one of eleven children, of whom only three are now living--he of whom we write, Marilla and Amanda. Josiah Firman received his education in Oakland County, this State, and was reared a farmer lad. He remained at home until twenty-three years of age and then purchased a farm in Mundy Township. It comprises eighty acres and was his home for four years. Previous to beginning life as a farmer he was married, his nuptials being solemnized November 30, 1845, and his bride being Jane Smith, a daughter of Oren and Mary (Conklin) Smith, natives of Vermont and New York respectively, who were pioneer settlers in Michigan. They lived in various places and engaged in farming but finally settled in Mt. Morris, where Mr. Smith died in his eighty-first year. His wife's decease took place at the home of our subject when she was seventy-four years of age. After leaving Mundy Township Mr. Firman moved to Flint and was there engaged in peddling for about two years. Later he engaged in teaming for twelve years and then ran an ashery for two years, thence he went to Genesee County, and bought in partnership with his father-in-law eighty acres of land upon which he lived for fourteen years. The former moved to Flushing Township in 1880 and purchased eighty acres of land where they now live. Three childre have brightened and enriched the home life of our subject and his wife--Oren G., Nettie and Orlo. The eldest son married Adelia Curtis; Nettie is now Mrs. Nining and is the mother of two children--Oren E. and Ervin J. One son, who is deceased, was named Alfonso; he married Mina Smith and became the father of two children--Jessie J. and Asa J. He died in 1887 at the age of thirty-four years. Politically our subject is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church. They have a fine home and hold a high position among the best class of people. Mrs. Firman was born in Rochester, N. Y., June 13, 1825. She attended school at Mendon, Monroe County, N. Y. and on coming West attended school at Grand Blanc, Genesee County. She commenced teaching when fifteen years old, her first school being in Mundy Township on the State road. The session continued three months during the winter and three months during the summer. She received for her services $1 per week and "boarded round." In the early days the family had some unique experiences and the family gun stood ready in an accessible corner for any emergency, for bears were known to be fond of young pig and such stock could not be well spared from the scanty supply. Betty [email protected] Wicks,Hammond, Heintz,Bradfield,Walbridge - http://BettyT.tripod.com Boylston Historical Society & Museum http://www.boylstonhistory.org GenWeb County Coordinator for: Genesee, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese Wyoming, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin Worcester, MA http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2782 Message Board Post: Has anyone ever seen a reference to White Bridge as a location west of Avon someplace around where 5 & 20 intersect? I've been reading an old diary and they refer to doing some work in that area and call it White Bridge. Time period is 1905-08. Thanks, Charles

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2780 Message Board Post: SURNAME - - GIVEN NAME - - RESIDENCE - - DATE OF DEATH MARCY - - Roy L. - - Dansville - - 05 17 2004 Surnames - - Marcy, Woodward, Olson ORLANDO, Jr. - - Nicholas A. - - Geneseo - - 05 17 2004 Surnames - - Orlando, Viti, Lubanski CZWORKA - - Frank C. - - Fillmore - - 05 18 2004 Surnames - - Czworka, Redfern BENNION - - Daniel G. - - Perry - - 05 19 2004 Surnames - - Bennion, Stanton, Deiterie, Bowles, Myers BARONE - - Dominic “Mickey” - - Avon - - 05 20 2004 Surnames - - Barone, Truax, Ioannone, Croston, McKeown, Scinta, Calourie BROWN - - Leonard A. “Puffer” - - Avon - - 05 20 2004 Surnames - - Brown, Brisbane, Simmons, Johnston, Swartz, Backus, Gruner CARNEY - - Robert E. - - Avon - - 05 21 2004 Surnames - - Carney, Lyddon, Brown, Davis, Driscoll, Bailor CRANE - - Diane A. - - Dansville - - 05 21 2003 Surnames - - Crane, DeLaVergne, Archer, Farr, Restuccia, Villa SMITH - - Pauline Marie - - Mount Morris - - 05 23 2004 Surnames - - Smith, St. Ouge, Russell, Ascioti, Miller, Thompson, Morris, Derrenbacher, Crane, Turner PEARL - - Mae I. - - Perry - - 05 22 2004 Surnames - - Pearl, Ernissee, Hicks ANTINORE - - Donna Jean SEWARD - - Dansville - - 05 23 2004 Surnames - - Antinore, Seward, Thompson, Rawlings, Bianco, Essler, Farruggia, Isaman MONTELEONE - - Gladys R. - - Perry - - 05 23 2004 Surnames - - Monteleone, Haddon, Hetzel, Clark, Schuttee, Gell, Mummary, Bookmiller ECKERT - - Caryl E. - - Lima/West Bloomfield - - 05 15 2004 Surnames - - Eckert, DouglasDuBoise, Carlson, Woolworth, Thompson DEWISPELAERE - - Lizbeth “Beth” - - Sparta - - 05 23 2004 Surnames - - DeWispelaere, Hollenbeck, Roberts WILLIAMS - - Frances M. - - Avon/Caledonia - - 05 23 2004 Surnames - - Williams, Major, Torres, Bratlet, Duncan, Thorton, Hill, Harrison, Waugh BEGGS - - Donald E. - - Groveland/Dania, FL - - 03 05 2004 Surnames - - Beggs If you would like a transcription of an obituary for a person listed above via email, please contact me at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hufford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2441.2 Message Board Post: Deceased persons name Witkousky, diane Date of Livingston County News Geneseo, New York dated October 10, 2002 Name I am searching HUFFORD

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2744.1 Message Board Post: Hi. Do you know if your Margaret Shults was born about 1840? Were her parents names John and Mary (Maria)? Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2693.1 Message Board Post: There were no prisons in Avon, But the town was known woldwide as a health resort, (sulpher Springs) The Town had many hotels, A race track (horses) Avon was served by two major railroads, plus it was the center for breeding remounts for the U.S. cav.

The Perry Herald this week had an exciting article in it. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Linwood Ave in Warsaw has opened a Family History Center (branch of the Family History Library of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City). Their grand openning will be Sat.,June 12th from 10am to 2pm, public invited. Their normal hours (according to the article) will be: 10am to 2 pm Tuesdays 10am to 2pm, and 7-9 pm on Wednesdays & Thursdays 10am to 1pm on Saturdays (Closed Sundays, Mondays, & Fridays) Phone# is (585) 786-5661 and copies are only 5 cents! ===== Cindy Amrhein Historian/Abstractor Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycalaba/ APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/~aphnys/ You can easily ascertain whether the occupant drinks bitters in the morning and whiskey with his dinner, or pure water and nothing else � If he drinks bitters you will find his garden full of weeds.�� James Wadsworth 1791 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

On March 1, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower issued a proclamation on flying the flag on certain occassions. For those of you who work at government buildings, please remind them that the flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and its territories and possessions after the death of the president or a former president. Our current President may also issue a proclamation (don't believe he has done so yet) on the amount of days to display the Flag at Half-Staff as a mark of respect (as he did after September 11). Speaking of flag etiquette..... Your flag should be taking down at sunset unless it is illuminated. If your flag is torn or fadded, take it down until you can get a new one. It is disrespectful to your country to display a flag in a tattered condition (and I've seen a lot of them out there!)You can turn your worn flag in to your local Veterans organization for proper disposal which they do by special ceremony. ===== Cindy Amrhein Historian/Abstractor Town of Alabama Historian Genesee Co., NY ********************** Historian's Page - Alabama, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycalaba/ APHNYS (The Association of Public Historians of New York State) http://www.tier.net/~aphnys/ You can easily ascertain whether the occupant drinks bitters in the morning and whiskey with his dinner, or pure water and nothing else � If he drinks bitters you will find his garden full of weeds.�� James Wadsworth 1791 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FOOTE, LYON, DAVISON, HOPKINS, HOLMES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2779 Message Board Post: Hello, These are not my relatives, but I thought someone might like to have the history for their records. It came from the: "1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros", in Michigan. Hope it helps someone. Colleen CORYDON E. FOOTE. This gentleman who is now serving his second term as Alderman of the second ward of flint, was known throughout the days of the war as the boy soldier, as he enlisted the day after he was thirteen years old, and although the youngest in his regiment showed real soldierly qualities and endurance. He is now engaged in the business of taking contracts for roofing and galvanized iron work. His birth was in Grand Blanc, January 9, 1849, and his father, Col. Eli Foote, was born in New London, Conn. Eli Foote came in 1841 or 1842 to the wolverine State and for a while made his home in Pontiac, but soon removed to Grand Blanc, where he engaged in harness-making, which he had carried on at the East. His former home had been Lima, N. Y., and he was there the Colonel of the Nineteenth Regiment, New York militia. In 1853 he located in Flint where he carried on his trade until hi age led him to retire from active work and he died here in 1878 in his eighty-fifth year. His political views brought him into affiliation with the Democratic party. His good wife, Mariana, was a daughter of Wakeman Lyon, of Massachusetts, who had been a pioneer farmer at Lima, this venerable woman, now eighty-five years old, resides with our subject. Her four children are Hannah, William H., George W., and Corydon E. Hannah is now Mrs. W. Davison and resides at Grand Blanc, and William H, carries on a hardware business at Davison. George, whose home is in Flint, enlisted in 1861 in company G, Eighth Michigan Infantry, became a veteran and served all through the war. At Hilton's Head he was shot through the leg and at Petersburg received a wound in the face. Our subject was only four years old when he came to Flint and was still attending the union schools when the war broke out. He enlisted January 10, 1862, in Company F, Tenth Michigan Infantry, and went South in April. He was in the Mississippi campaign under Pope and Halleck, was transferred to Tennessee where he took part in that campaign under Thomas and Rosecrans. He also participated in the Atlanta campaign under Sherman, following him in the celebrated march to the sea. During his three years of service he participated in the following battles: Farmington, Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Knoxville. This boy was also in the fight at Resaca, and in the conflicts at Peach Tree Creek, Rome, Dallas, Chattahoochee, Marietta, and the siege of Atlanta. While the regiment lay in camp at Rossville, just before the Atlanta campaign, the regiment was ordered out on a reconnoiter and at Buzzard's Roost, were surprised and lost eighty-nine men in five minutes'! time. When Hood swung around Atlanta and started for Nashville his division was ordered to Chattanooga in pursuit of that general and upon reaching Galesville, Ala., they received orders to return to Atlanta, marching again into George and at Cartersville the regiment voted at the second elections of Abraham Lincoln. They tore up the railroad from there to Marietta and rejoined the army at Atlanta. The next day they started on the march to the sea. This young man received his honorable discharge February 22, 1865, at Sisters Ferry, Ga., on the Savannah River, and returned home, having just completed his sixteenth year. His clothes were riddled with bullet holes yet he was never wounded nor was he taken prisoner. He had been the drummer boy of the regiment all through this period of service. Corydon Foote now determined to acquire more education and attended school for two years and at the age of eighteen began an apprenticeship as tinsmith. Having served his time he worked as journeyman for a number of years and finally, in 1885, established the business which he is now carrying on. He was married in Flint, November 3, 1874, to Miss Mary Hopkins, a native of this city and a daughter of Frederick Holmes, a pioneer and furniture dealer here. Mrs. Foote died December 23, 1882, leaving two children--Kate and Hugh Foote--the latter of whom is deceased. Our subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Having filled all the Chairs in the subordinate lodge he was selected to represent his lodge in the Grand Lodge of Michgian. He also belongs to Crapo Post, G. A. R. He has always been a Democrat, with liberal views on the currency and labor reform movements, and at different time has represented his party as a delegate to county and State conventions.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2778.1 Message Board Post: Correction to posting: PHINNEY - - Marion H. should read PINNEY - - Marion H.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2778 Message Board Post: SURNAME - - GIVEN NAME - - AREA - - DATE OF DEATH WHALEN - - Esther Q. - - Lima - - 01 12 2004 Surnames - - Whalen, Appleman, Quance, Wigglesworth, Schuster, Ellsworth, Francis PHINNEY - - Marion H. - - Avon/Gates - - 01 11 2004 Surnames - - Phinney, Bostwick, Hartford, Kostecki ZABROCKI - - Mary A. “Marie” - - Geneseo - - 01 12 2004 Surnames - - Zabrocki, Hibsch, Karlinski, Ethridge, Kopan LAWRENCE - - Augustus O. “Bud” - - Dansville - - 01 13 2004 Surnames - - Lawrence, Kressman, Easton, Aziel, Sahrle, Knapp POTTER - - Gertrude - - Avon - - 01 14 2004 Surnames - - Potter, Thurston, Adcock, McLean, Fitzpatrick STILER - - Norma Vye “Joyce” - - Conesus/Geneseo - - 01 14 2004 Surnames - - Stiler, Lindelow, Joyce, Pancner, Frumusa, O’Connor FREAS - - Edward J. “Ed” - - Dansville - - 01 15 2004 Surnames - - Freas, Mahoney, Sanders, Monahan, Earner, Galton KOOY - - Ida A. - - Caledonia - - 01 15 2004 Surnames - - Kooy, deHoog PARKER - - Hazel L. - - Dansville - - 01 15 2004 Surnames - - Parker, Hill, Clark, May, Davis PETTINE - - Janet M. - - Lima - - 01 15 2004 Surnames - - Pettine, Mack, Crabb, Wagner, Costa, Ange CHRISTIANO - - Joseph V. - - Greigsville - - 01 16 2004 Surnames - - Christiano, Levesque, Prior STEEDMAN - - Robert F. - - Caledonia - - 01 16 2004 Surnames - - Steedman, Sheridan, Christopher, Ouweleen, Rider, Englerth, Wood, Hessenthaler MONAHAN - - Miriam - - Dansville - - 01 17 2004 Surnames - - Monahan, Gibney, Varker GREEN, Sr. - - Donald R. - - Caledonia - - 01 18 2004 Surnames - - Green, Taggart, Smith, Rowland, Caves KEATING - - Pauline “Polly” BEVAN - - Seneca Falls - - 01 18 2004 Surnames - - Keating, Gheer, Bevan, Katrib HOUGHTON - - Ruth B. - - Hemlock - - 01 19 2004 Surnames - - Houghton, Harvey, Bean, Griffin, Jenner If you are interested in a transcript of one of the above obituaries please contact me at [email protected] PLEASE INCLUDE NAME AND DATE OF THE NEWSPAPER’S PUBLICATION.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RIGGS, PECK, BISHOP, STONER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2777 Message Board Post: Hello, These are not my relatives, but I thought someone might like to have the history for their records. It came from the: "1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros", in Michigan. Hope it helps someone. Colleen FREDERICK F. RIGGS. This worthy Michigan pioneer was born in Avon, Livingston County, N.Y., April 23, 1810. He a descendant from Jeremiah Riggs, and he a son of Jeremiah, Sr., who, with two brothers, came to the New World from Wales some time prior to the Revolution. The eldest James, settled in New Jersey and the second brother, Joseph, settled in Massachusetts, while the youngest, Jeremiah, settled in Connecticut. Our subject’s grandfather was also Jeremiah Riggs, a native of Connecticut, who was born near New Haven. He took and active part in the Revolutionary War. The immediate progenitor of our subject was also Jeremiah Riggs. He too was born in the Nutmeg State but reared in New York and early in life became a miller. Our subject’s father’s with his family came to Michigan in August, 1828, and located for a short time at Pontiac, where he leased and operated a gristmill for a few months with some success. He subsequently moved to Grand Blanc, Genesee County, and there permanently settled, but late in life he removed to Saginaw and later to Fenton, where he died June 22, 1858, while in his eighty-first year. He had been thrice married, his first wife, Lucy Peck, the mother of our subject, dying in September, 1812, leaving four children, of whom our subject is the only one surviving. There were four children by the second marriage and two by the third. Frederick Riggs lived with his father until of age and during that time had but limited educational advantages. He learned the milling business under his paternal parent and after coming to Michigan assisted in the management of the mills of Pontiac and there established an enviable reputation for turning out a good quality of flour. He located with his father at Grand Blanc and knew every one for many miles around. His every day associates were mostly Indians and he learned to speak their language as fluently as he could his own. After becoming of age he acted as assistant in an United States engineering corps who made a complete land survey between Saginaw and Mackinaw. The country along the lake shore in this region was reported to be worthless and the Government made the survey in order to establish the facts of the matter. Mr. Riggs was married to Miss Eveline Bishop, January 26, 1836. She was a native of Avon, H.Y., and was born in 1810. In 1837 our subject located on a wild piece of land in the Township of Tyrone, Livingston County, and there built a log house and barn, living in true pioneer style for several years. He there remained for thirty years and made of his track a fine and perfectly cultivated farm. In 1867 he retired from active farming and returned to Fenton. IN 1874 he went West in the hope of regaining his health which had not been good robust for some time. He spent several years in Western Kansas and later, following the advice of a physician, went to the mountains of Colorado. Delighted with the mountain scenery and the beneficent effect of the climate, Mr. Riggs spent several years prospecting and eventually located several mining claims in Southwestern Colorado. He erected a cabin in Rio Grande County, which is perched upon a dizzy mountain eleven thousand, five hundred feet about he level of the sea. He has here spent much of his time for the past sixteen years. He has familiarized himself with mining and now has his claim leased to parties who are preparing to open them on an extensive scale, as adjacent mines are already yielding rich returns in gold. Although eighty-one years old our subject still enjoys mountain life, and especially in perfecting his fine collection of ores. Mr. and Mrs. Riggs have had four children, only one of whom is now living. Esther is the wife of C.J.K. Stoner and lives in Fenton. Mr. Riggs is a Democrat in politics and has been Justice of the Peace. Socially he is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. They have a very pleasant! home and he and his wife lived together for fifty-five years.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEGOLE, BOWLES, MILES, CUMMINGS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iRB.2ACE/2776 Message Board Post: Hello, These are not my relatives, but I thought someone might like to have the history for their records. It came from the: "1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros", in Michigan. Hope it helps someone. Colleen GOV. JOSIAH W. BEGOLE. Elsewhere in this volume will be found a sketch of the honored ex-Governor of Michigan, whose portrait appears on the opposite page. It pertains, however, more to the salient points of his career as chief Executive of the State, and we here take pleasure in presenting to our readers a more intimate sketch of his personal life indicating the attributes of character that had lead to the honors nobly and graciously borne. Gov. Begole is a son of William and Eleanor (Bowles) Begole. He was born in Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y., January 20, 1815, just twelve days after the memorable battle of New Orleans. The Governor’s career exemplifies strongly the power of heredity. He is a descendant of a good old French family, whose members have ever been conspicuous in loyalty to their homes and country. His father was an officer in the War of 1812 and although like most other men of means at that time, his grandparents on both sides of the house were slave owners, on the evolution of sentiment in regard to slavery they became strong Abolitionists and brought their slaves with them to New York in order to free them. Thus were the seeds of liberty and independence sown for future generations. About 1800 William Begole, who was born in 1787, went to New York with his parents and located in Livingston County, where he became engaged in farming. He later located in Mt. Morris of the same county and State, where he spent the remainder of his life, being devoted to the agricultural calling. He was married in the year 1814 to Eleanor Bowles, who was born in Fredericksburg. MD. She was a daughter of Capt. Thomas Bowles, whose record as a Revolutionary soldier serving under Washington, is treasured by his family, and who was of English descent and was born in Maryland. Both our subject’s parents were professors of the creed as held by the Baptist Church. Gov. Begole was the eldest of ten children born to his parents, and was reared in Mount Morris, Livingston County, N.Y,. upon a farm. His first knowledge of the three R’s was acquired in a log schoolhouse, where the little ones legs dangled from slab benches held upright by oaken "pins". This was the extend of his schooling with the exception of six months at the Temple Hill Academy at Geneseo. He remained at home until 1836, when, having saved from his small earning $100, he determined to try his fortunes in the new country which was known as Michigan. In coming hither the young man who was only twenty-one years of age made the journey to Toledo by a steamer, thence by foot to Jackson and then on to Flint, to which he was attracted because he had read in the papers that it was to be the county-seat of Genesee County. He traveled alone, finding a trail which was at times obliterated in the woods and then making his way with the aid of a compass. On arriving here there were only five houses, which is indeed a dignified name for the board shanties, and the place was simply a trading post. The young man purchased eighty acres of land and with the whole-heartedness that has characterized him throughout life immediately identified himself with the new but strong and healthy growth of the infant town. He turned his hand to what there was to be done – surveying the first village lot, swinging the hammer and ax in building, and teaching school, in which last work he was in employ for several years. He was the Clerk of the first election in this place and helped to build the land office, which was on the present site of the Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank. He continued to buy land until at the end of eighteen years, he owned five hundred acres and set himself energetically to work in improving it. It was nearly all soon under the plow and he made it pay him handsomely by devoting himself to general farming, giving! special attention to sheep-raising in which he was very successful. April 22, 1839, the future State Senator and Governor of Michigan was united in marriage with Miss Harriet A., daughter of Manley and Mary Miles. The sturdy groom was attired in a handsome blue suit, covered with large brass buttons and the blushing bride in the conventional white. The ceremony was performed in the log cabin of the bride’s father on the Saginaw Road two miles north of the city. In 1889 many honored guests from various portions of the country took delight in congratulating the couple who had passed fifty years of married life so helpfully and happily together. Immediately after the marriage the young couple settled upon their farm of one hundred and sixty acres in the town of Genesee. By energy, perseverance and the aid of his faithful wife, success hovered over the humble, but contented household. Little ones gathered about the hearthstone and filled their allotted space in the family circle. With years came political honors, and as State Senator, Congressman, and Chief Executive of the State, the Governor served the people who ad honored him by showing their confidence in his ability to fill these positions. In 1871, Gov. Begole was made State Senator and in the fall of 1872 he was elected to congress, representing the Sixth District, and serving for a term of two years. In 1882 he was nominated Governor as the candidate of the Democratic and Greenback parties, and carried the State by a vote of thirty-one thousand over and above the ballots cast for Gov. Jerome two years before in 1880. Taking his position January 1, 1883, he was Chief Executive of the State for two years, after which he resumed the quiet, unpretentious life in his cozy residence in Flint. Gov. And Mrs. Begole have had five children, namely: Mary, Mrs. C. W. Cummings, of Otter Lake; William, who died during the late war in the hospital at Lookout Mountain, the body being brought to Flint were it was interred with military honors; Frank, who died in Florida in 1877; Charles, who resides on the farm, and one daughter, who died in infancy. Although advanced in years, our honored subject is still prominent in the enterprise and progress of the city of his home. He is connected with the most important of its best features and industries, notably the Flint Wagon Works, water works, and gas works, and he is also Vice-President of the Citizens Commercial & Savings Bank and has been interested in banking since 1871. For many years he 3was an extensive lumberman and has given liberally of his time and means for the promotion of worthy enterprises. Not only has he served the State Government, but the municipal Government as well. He and his estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Full of years and honors we can only hope that the halcyon days of peaceful age will continue until he and his wife bid a last good night to friends on earth that they may say good morning to the brightness of the future.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iRB.2ACE/1276.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Irene. James Irby's inventory provided the clue, listing "July Ann" with children John and Corry!