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City Civil Engineer, and was four times re-appointed to that posi- sition, when, in April, 1872, he tendered his resignation, taking effect the first day of May. Since that time he has devoted his principal attention to farming, which, like most of his business through life, he practices successfully.
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UDGE ALEXANDER R. TIFFANY was born in Niagara, Canada, October 16th, 1796. His father, Sylvester Tiffany, son of Dr. Gideon Tiffany and Sarah Dean, was born in Norton, Bristol county, Massachusetts, previous to the Revolu- tionary war. There is a tradition among the Tiffany family that their ancestors came from Italy about four hundred ago, and settled in England. They were cloth-makers, or silk-weavers, rather. The name "Tiffany " undoubtedly comes from their occupation, as the word when translated, means thin silk. Webster defines the word :- " a species of gauze, or very thin silk." Dr. Gideon Tiffany and Sarah Dean, his wife, came to this country and settled in Norton, Bristol county, Massachusetts. In order to give his chil- dren an education, he moved to New Hampshire, where his sons Gideon, Sylvester, George and Oliver, were educated at Dartmouth College. About the year 1792, the sons went to Canada, and Gideon and Sylvester published the first newspaper in the Province of Upper Canada, under the patronage of Governor Simcoe, at Niagara. Sylvester Tiffany married Miss Elizabeth Ralston, who was of English-Scotch parents, and subsequently went to the State of New York, and first settled at the " landing," near the present city of Rochester, expecting that would soon become a place of importance. He moved from there to Canandaigua, which was then the centre of political and social influence in Western New York. Here he established a newspaper, and his son Alexander, the subject of this sketch, before he was tall enough to stand on the floor and reach the type in the case, would sit on a high stool and set type for the paper. The Canadian Constellation, established by the Tiffany brothers, above alluded to, passed away about the beginning of the present century. A few years ago a copy of the paper was exhibited in the Canadian Parliament by William Lyon Mckenzie, as a valuable relic. Alexander R. Tiffany, the subject of this sketch, learned the art of printing, with his father, in Canan- daigua, New York, and being a very studious young man, com- menced the study of the law, and became a student in the office of the Hon. John C. Spencer, at that time one of the ablest and best
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lawyers in New York, and who was subsequently Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of that State. After Mr. Tiffany was admitted to the bar, he commenced the practice of his profession in Palmyra, New York, where he was soon after elected justice of the peace, and served in that capacity several years. About the year 1823, he was appointed first Judge of the County Court of Wayne county, New York, which office he filled until failing health com- pelled him to resign. In October 1832, he came to Michigan, and settled in the village of Palmyra, this county. It was then believed that Palmyra would become a large city. In 1834 he was ap- pointed prosecuting attorney of Lenawee county, and in 1836 was elected judge of probate, and held the office eight years, being the second judge elected in the county. He was a member of the Michigan Constitutional Convention in 1850, and a member of the Legislature and chairman of the judiciary committee in 1855. He is the Author of Tiffany's Justice Guide, and Tiffany's Criminal Law. These works are to-day of great practical value to every lawyer and justice of the peace in Michigan. Judge Tiffany was a lawyer of learning and ability, and although he was not an orator, his candor and sincerity had great weight with courts and jurymen. He was a true man, and honest in all his relations in life. He never enjoyed robust health, owing, probably to his unremitting labors. He died in Palmyra, this county, January 14th, 1868. September 3d, 1823, he married Miss Abigail B. Robinson, daughter of Dr. Gain and Chloe Robinson, of Palmyra, New York, by whom he had eleven children, three of whom are now living, as follows: Frances A., born in Palmyra, Wayne county, New York, July 12th 1832, and was married to William Lee, November 29th, 1853. Mr. Lee died January 2d, 1854. By this marriage there were two sons, (twins,) William H. Lee, born in Palmyra, this county, September 6th, 1854, now in Arizona. His brother died March, 18th, 1861. February 25th, 1864, Mrs. Lee was married to George Curtis, of Tecumseh, where they now reside. George S. Tiffany born at Palmyra, this county, July 7th, 1834, and is now a resident of London, Ontario. Margaret S. Tiffany was born at Adrian, October 19th, 1844, now the wife of George Archibald, of Elkhart, Indiana. Mrs. Abigail B. Tiffany was born at Palmyra, New York, November 13th, 1804, and died at Tecumseh, January 25th, 1873. Her parents were natives of Hardwick, Massachusetts. Her mother was a daughter of Col. John Bradish, of Revolutionary fame, and a sister of Calvin and Charles Bradish, pioneers of this county, and Hon. Luther Bradish, once Lieutenant-Governor of New York. She had eighty-seven descendants, and dandled them all upon her knee.
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OF LENAWEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
ILLARD STEARNS, now residing in the city of Adrian, lays no claim to being a pioneer of Lenawee county, yet he has been a resident therein for nearly thirty years, and is no stranger to the varied experiences of pioneer life in a new country. In the spring of 1851, he came to Franklin, in this county, from Cherry Valley, Otsego county, New York, where he was born, October 3d, 1838. Till he was thirteen, he lived with his grandfather, Peter Counrod, at Cherry Valley, or with his mother, at Middlefield Center, in Otsego county, and attended the district schools there regularly. After he came to Michigan, he lived until he was eighteen, with his step-father, Henry Bowen, attending district schools three months each winter. He worked upon the farm summers, and what he does not understand about chopping, logging, getting out staves, splitting rails, peeling bark, and clearing land he says he does not care to learn. The winter he was eighteen, he taught his first school, in the "Sebring" dis- trict, in Ogden, which at that time contained only one frame house, and no one lived in that. Only two families had wheat bread, and except at two places, he had from one to three of the smaller chil- dren for bed-fellows. The following spring he entered the State Normal school, at Ypsilanti, working vacations and teaching winters, till he graduated, in 1862. He enlisted in July, 1863, and was made 1st Lieutenant of Company H, 11th Michigan Cav- alry. He served about two months in 1864, on the staff of Gen. Hobson, and with that exception, was with his company till Novem- ber, 1864, when he resigned. In 1865 he read law in the office of Norman Geddes, and the next summer read with Gov. Greenly. He graduated from the University, at Ann Arbor, in 1867, was ad- mitted to the bar in Adrian, the same year, and at once formed a partnership with Gov. Greenly, which continued till 1875. In 1871 he was elected upon the Democratic ticket, superintendent of schools for Lenawee county, and served two years. He was the first Democrat elected to a county office in Lenawee county, for twenty years, and received ten majority, in a vote of over eight thousand. In 1872, he was the candidate of his party, on the State ticket, for superintendent of public instruction, but Michigan was not much of a Greeley State, and he shared the fate of the gen- eral ticket. In 1875 he was elected justice of the peace, in the city of Adrian, and held the office four years. In 1878, at the Con- gressional Convention for this district, he received eighteen out of the forty votes cast for the Democratic nominee for Congress. In July, 1873, he became the editor of the Daily Press, and continued such until the following year. In April, 1878, he became senior proprietor of the Weekly Press, and still remains such, but also 67
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devotes much of his time to the practice of his profession. He is a member of Adrian Lodge No. 8, I. O. O. F., and has been its presiding officer, and for several years was Master of Greenly Lodge, 103, F. & A. M. May 5th, 1868, he married Miss Martha E. Porter, daughter of Philo and Elizabeth Porter, of Batavia, Branch county, Michigan. They have three children : Harry P., born March 23d, 1869, Fanny L., born June 12th, 1871; and Jennie, born August 1st, 1875. Mrs. Martha Stearns was born in Batavia, Michigan, June 20th, 1843, and was for several years a teacher in the Coldwater union school. Mr. Stearns never had a father's care. His parents, Willard Stearns and Lucinda Counrod, were natives of Cherry Valley, and were married in January, 1837. His father kept hotel in Cherry Valley village, and died, July 3d, 1838, from injuries sustained while wrestling, leaving his young wife with limited means of support. Mrs. Lucinda Stearns was born April 11th, 1811, and the care, education and support of her son devolved upon her, and right nobly did she discharge the trust. In 1851, at Cherry Valley, New York, she married Henry Bowen, of Franklin, this county, and became a mother to the eight children whom he had by his first wife, who was her sister. Their silver wedding was celebrated at their residence in Adrian, in 1876. She died very suddenly, February 3d, 1879, of paralysis, her life having been one of continued activity and usefulness. She was a devoted wife, a tender, loving mother, and a valued neigh- bor, her pure character, boundless sympathy, and kind, womanly disposition endearing her to all her acquaintances, and to her, Mr. Stearns very justly ascribes the credit for whatever of worth or success his life may show.
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NDREW WILSON was born in Middlefield, Otsego county, New York, July 13th, 1822. His father, Abner Wilson, was born in the same place, and was brought up a farmer, and lived in Middlefield until 1833. He owned a large farm there, and carried it on until he came to Michigan, in 1833, when he sold out there, arriving in Franklin, this county, in May. He located from the government the e. } of the s. e. ¿ of section 22, and the w. } of the s. w. } of section 23, in Franklin, where he lived until his death. About the year 1821 he married Miss Rachel Ferguson, daughter of John and Anna Ferguson of Springfield, Otsego county, New York, by whom he had seven
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OF LENAWEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
children, Andrew being the oldest, and the only survivor of the family. Mrs. Rachel Wilson was born in Springfield, New York, in 1805, and died.in Franklin. Andrew Wilson came to Michi- gan with his parents, in 1833, and always lived with them until their death. He was brought up a farmer, and only received a common school education. He being the only child at home, and always having worked the farm in common with his father, in 1847, at the the time of his marriage, his father gave him eighty acres of land, it being a part of the old homestead. Still, he car- ried on the entire farm until the death of his parents, when he came into possession of it. Since that time he has added to the old home farm until he now owns three hundred acres of land. He has always been an active man in the township, taking a lively interest in everything that pertains to its improvement, growth and prosperity. He was one of the first to introduce the Spanish Merino sheep into the township. His first flock consisted of twen- ty-five head, for which he paid ten dollars per head, for the ewes, and sixty dollars for a buck. This was in 1851. He purchased the sheep of Thomas H. Spafford, of Manchester, Washtenaw county. Since that time he has kept his flock up to the highest standard, having purchased the choicest specimens from Vermont, paying as high as one hundred dollars per head. His present flock is considered one of the best in the county. Of late years he has been interested in breeding horses. During the past five years, he has striven to produce what is called the carriage, or park horse, and chose the Hambletonian family as a fountain-head. He has several very fine specimens, among them, a five year-old, that plainly shows his judgment and sagacity in breeding. He is cer- tainly doing a good thing for fanciers and lovers of good horses. For about fourteen years he was engaged in hop growing, and was successful until prices became so low that there was no profit, even in the best crops. He has always been successful in all his under- takings. March 3d, 1847, he married Miss Frances A. Merritt, daughter of Henry and Jane A. Merritt, of Franklin, by whom he has had nine children, as follows: Abner, born March 30th, 1849, a farmer of Tecumseh; Henry, born July 24th, 1850, a farmer of Franklin ; Andrew, Jr., born July 15th, 1852, with his father on the farm; Anna G., born June 8th, 1855, now the wife of Edward Learnard, of Franklin ; William H., born January 25th, 1859, died March 21st, 1863; Etta R. A., born August 5th, 1860, at home; Francis A., born June 24th, 1862, at home; George B., born October 23d, 1863, died in infancy ; Eleanor J., died in infancy. Mrs. Frances A. Wilson was born in the city of New York, September 21st, 1828. She came to Michigan in 1839,
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with her parents, and settled in Tecumseh. Her father was born in New Jersey, in 1805, and now resides in Somerset, Niagara county, New York. Her mother was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1807, and now resides with her daughter, Mrs. D. W. Clark, of Tecumseh.
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ABRIEL W. MILLS, of Macon, was born in Barnegat, New Jersey, February 14th, 1793. His father, James Mills, was born in New Jersey, and was a farmer of Barnegat, where he lived to the age of nearly ninety years. He married Miss Mary Roff, daughter of David and Abigail Roff, of Good- luck, New Jersey, by whom he had nine children, Gabriel being the third child. Mrs. Mary Mills was born in Goodluck, New Jersey, and died at Barnegat. Gabriel Mills was raised a farmer, and lived with his father until he was twenty-one, when he com- menced business for himself, and engaged in the wood and lumber business, purchasing pine lands along the Jersey coast, cutting the timber off and shipping it to the New York market. He followed this business until 1834, when he came to Michigan, and settled in Macon, this county. In 1832 his brother, James Mills, came to Michigan, and looking around for a location, came upon the Macon creek, and believed that a good mill site could be made, and at once wrote to Gabriel his ideas, telling him he could procure a good mill privilege, with one hundred and sixty acres of heavy timber, of Joseph Howell, for two and one-half dollars per acre. Gabriel at once sent the money on to make the purchase, erect a dam, and build a saw-mill. This was immediately done, and in 1834, when he arrived with his family, the mill was running. This was the first saw-mill in Macon, and the second one in the northern portion of the county. This mill was of great import- ance to the settlers, and was the means of increasing the settlement and adding to the comfort and protection of the pioneers. There was a great abundance of white-wood timber in this section, and the settlers in the entire northern portion of the county came to this mill for lumber, several buildings in Clinton and Tecumseh being erected of lumber sawed at this mill. It was kept in opera- tion for over thirty years, when it was torn away, the dam scraped down, and the old pond now affords the very best grazing land. Without a doubt, Mr. Mills was the wealthiest settler that came to Lenawee county during its early settlement. He brought $6,000
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in specie with him, which was a fortune in those days, and was probably more money than all the " wild-cat" banks in Southern Michigan actually possessed. He was a great benefactor to the settlers, and stood between them and starvation and loss in many instances. He trusted all who asked him, for lumber and other necessaries which he possessed, and was to Macon what Darius Comstock was to Raisin, a big-hearted, benevolent man, loved and respected by all. He owned at one time 1,200 acres of land in Michigan, eight hundred of which were in Macon. He erected the first frame school house in Macon. He furnished all the material, and John Norton did the work. At that time there was a log school house at Pennington's Corners. He died in Macon, Febru- ary 1st, 1851. In 1827 he married Miss Hannah Collins, daugh- ter of James and Sophia Collins, of Barnegat, New Jersey, by whom he had eight children, as follows : Mary, born in Barnegat, New Jersey, August 26th, 1828, now the wife of Isaac Pennington, of Macon; John C., born in Barnegat, August 19th, 1831, a farmer of Macon ; Isaac C., born in Barnegat, July 31st, 1832, now a farmer of Macon; Granville, born in Macon, February 27th, 1835, a farmer of Macon ; Anna S., born in Macon, August 4th, 1838, now the wife of James Hatch, of Macon; Hannah M. born in Macon, August 20th, 1842, died November 23d, 1848 ; James Cassius, born in Macon, May 16th, 1848, lives on the old home farm; Gabriel A., born in Macon, September 11th, 1850, died April 25th, 1868. Mrs. Hannah Mills was born in Barne- gat, New Jersey, September 17th, 1805. Her parents came to Michigan in 1832, and settled in Macon. Her father died in Macon, in 1865 ; her mother died in New Jersey, in 1832. Mrs. Mills still lives at the old homestead, in good health and spirits, and is a great comfort to a large family of children, now all promi- nent men and women of the township.
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ICHARD I. BONNER was born in Pembroke, Genesee county, New York, March 7th, 1838. His father, Thomas E. Bonner, was born in London, England, in 1804, where he lived until he was old enough to be put to a trade, when he was sent to Bath and apprenticed to a locksmith and brass-worker. He served seven years' apprenticeship, and returned to London, where he was engaged in his business until 1830. He received three valuable medals from different industrial societies, and the highest
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commendations from the industrial journals of London, for his workmanship and improvements in locks. He was also a designer and engraver on wood or metal, and taught drawing at one time, in London. He came to America in 1830, and settled in the city of New York, where he opened a business place and manufactured locks and brass work, and followed designing and engraving. There were only three other engravers in the city at that time. He subsequently went to Newark, New Jersey, and carried on an extensive business, until 1834, when he moved to Buffalo, and in company with John W. Davock, did a large business until 1839, when owing to ill-health, he sold out and came to Michigan, settling in Livingston county, where he purchased a farm. He after- wards disposed of his farm and went to Ypsilanti and opened a shop. In 1845 he moved to Tecumseh. In 1846 he came to Adrian, and moved his family April 1st, 1847. Hecarried on a brass foundry and general jobbing shop in Adrian, until the spring of 1851, when, owing to ill-health, he again sold out and started for Oregon, but died at Vevay, Indiana, at the home of his brother- in-law, John Henry, May 17th, 1851. He was one of the first in Adrian, to have his life insured, and the policy was one of the first paid. He had many warm friends wherever he was known ; was social, companionable and generous, with a fund of knowledge on all subjects that interested or agitated the people during his life- time, that made his society sought after, and his opinions and judgment valuable. He was, undoubtedly, the most skillful and best mechanic, in every sense of the term, that could be found in the West, at the time of his death. He was an expert in all branches of metal working, a great lover of art, and was possessed of a peculiar genius for engraving, drafting and inventing new designs and models. December 25th, 1828, he married, at St. Luke's church, in the Parish of St. Luke, London, Miss Mary Wynn, by whom he had four children, as follows : Mary A., born in the Parish of Shoreditch, London, December 1st, 1829, mar- ried John Armstrong, and now resides in Elkhart Indiana ; Elizabeth, born in Newark, New Jersey, July 22d, 1831, married Samuel Mandeville, and now lives in California; Thomas E., born in Newark, New Jersey, October 8th, 1832, now resides in Kansas ; Samuel George, died an infant. Mrs. Mary Bonner was born in London, and died in Buffalo, New York, November 20th, 1835. May 23d, 1837, he married Miss Grace W. Illenden, daughter of Richard and Sarah Illenden, by whom he had five children, as follows : Richard Illenden, born March 7th, 1838 ; Sarah Maria, born at Pembroke, Genesee county, New York, May 9th, 1839, now the wife of Franklin B. Nixon, of Adrian ; Mary Jane, died
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in infancy ; John Davock, born in Ypsilanti, Michgan, April 7th, 1842, now of Schuyler, Colfax county, Nebraska ; Walter George, born at Ypsilanti, June 16th, 1844, now of Eureka, Humboldt county, California. Mrs. Grace W. Bonner was born at Wood- church, Kent, England, May 7th, 1816, and died in Adrian, De- cember 26th, 1860. [For her family connection see Richard Illenden's record on page 342.] Richard I. Bonner commenced to learn the art of printing January 2d, 1854, in Adrian, in the old Expositor office, with those thorough and practical printers and publishers, S. P. and T. D. Jermain. He served an apprentice- ship of four years, and has followed the business in some capacity, with the exception of a few years, ever since. In 1860 he became a partner in the Expositor office, with S. P. Jermain and Marcus Knight. In 1865 Page & Bonner leased the office and run the Daily and Weekly Expositor one year. In January, 1867, Mr. Bonner established the Adrian Journal, a Democratic paper, and was its editor until it passed into the hands of its present proprietor. In 1873 he was engaged by Wm. A. Whitney, and went with him to Philadelphia and New York, to purchase the presses and material for the Daily and Weekly Press office. He selected all the material, which cost about $8,000, superintended the arrange- ment of the office, set up the presses, started them, putting them all in full and perfect operation, wrote the salutatory of the paper, and was superintendent and one of its editors for over five years. He commenced publication of this book, the "History and Bio- graphical Sketches of Lenawee County," in company with Wm. A. Whitney, July 7th, 1879. March 24th, 1863, he married Miss Margaret M. Brown, daughter of John S. and Sarah Brown, of Adrian, by whom he has had one child, John S., born in Adrian, November 11th, 1864. Mrs. Margaret M. Bonner was born in Adrian, March 4th, 1842. Her father was born in Canada, in 1815. He came to Adrian in 1833, where he resided until his death, October 29th, 1877. Her mother was born in Clarence, Erie county, New York, March 2d, 1818, and died in Adrian, July 24th, 1872.
ORENZO TABOR was born in Bradford, Vermont, Feb- ruary 23d, 1815. His father, Thomas Tabor, was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, May 13th, 1786. He emigra- ted, with his parents, to Bradford, Orange county, Vermont, in
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the fall of 1798. May 13th, 1814, he married Miss Abigail Drew, of Corinth, Orange county, by whom he had nine children. In 1837 he moved to Adrian, Michigan, where he resided most of the time until his death, which took place at Hudson, February 27th, 1863, in the 77th year of his age. Mrs. Tabor also died at Hudson, September 24th, 1861, aged 69 years, five months and four days. Lorenzo Tabor, the subject of this sketch, was the oldest of his father's family. He received his early education by attending good district schools, and finished the same at Bradford academy. He commenced the study of law with Seth Austin Esq., of that town, and completed the requisite course in the office of Elijah Farr, attorney-at-law at Wells River, Vermont. In 1838 he was admitted to the bar, by the Orange county Court, at Chelsea. May 13th, 1839, he married Miss Maria S., daughter of Thomas and Susan W. Ormsby, of Bradford, and the same day emigrated, with his young wife, to Adrian, Michigan, where they now reside. By this marriage four children have been born, as follows: Thomas Walter, born September 27th, 1840, and died April 6th, 1844; Lorenzo Ormsby, born April 25th, 1846, died March 16th, 1857; Clarence Leslie, born March 28th, 1851, died March 21st, 1857; Susan Maria, born May 21st, 1858, now at home. In 1840 Mr. Tabor formed a law partnership with William L. Greenly Esq., which continued some five or six years, when they added to their firm E. W. Fairfield Esq., then a brilliant lawyer of Adrian, which co-partnership continued for several years, when the firm dissolved. Mr. Tabor then formed a partnership with Josiah Ward, which continued until Mr. Ward went to California. Mr. Tabor then practiced alone, until Mr. Ward returned, when the partnership again continued until Mr. Ward went to California a second time, where he died. In 1840, Mr. Tabor formed a resolu- tion that he would practice law just twenty-five years, and at the expiration of that time he would retire from practice whether rich or poor. At the end of the appointed time, and just as the clock indicated that a quarter of a century had expired, he carried his resolution into effect, notwithstanding the last year of his practice was the most successful and profitable of any during his entire professional career. He immediately sold his large law library and retired to private life. At the same time that Mr. Tabor formed the above resolution, he made another, that he would never accept an invitation from any person to drink spiritous liquors while in the practice of the law, which resolution was also kept, and he continues to keep it to the present time. After Mr. Tabor retired from the practice of law, he engaged in the occupation of buying and selling real estate and loaning money, a business he seems well
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adapted to, and one in which he has been quite successful. Mr. Tabor has never been what is called an office seeker, but on one occasion was induced to accept the nomination for Alderman of the Second ward, in which he resides, was elected and served his constitu- ents faithfully one year, when the business became so distasteful to him that he resigned the honor. The Common Council passed resolutions highly complimentary to Mr. Tabor, expressing deep regrets at losing from their number his valuable services, judg- ment and counsel. He now lives to enjoy all the comforts of life, a host of friends, and more than all, a happy home.
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ERRATA.
On page 10, twenty-first line from top of page, read "Caius C. Robinson," instead of " Casius G."
On page 502, on the fifteenth line from the bottom of page, at end of line, read " 1879," instead of "1869."
OMMISSION .- The following was forwarded too late for its regular place in the record : "In 1837 Israel Pennington was appointed the first postmaster of Macon, and held the office for 25 years. In 1848 he was a delegate to the first Free Soil convention held at Adrian, and also a delegate to the first Republican convention held at Tecumseh."
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INDEX.
Organization of the County 5
History of Lenawee County ... 6-39
Tecumseh 40
Black Hawk and Toledo Wars.
44
Adrian ... 49
Adrian College
61
Blissfield
63
Hudson
65
Adam, John J 80
Bradish, Norman F 455
Allen, Stephen 148
· Baker, Lyman W 465
Ash, William 345
Beers, Edward W 486
Adams, Peter R 403
Bennett, Davis D 501
Angell, Clark
408
Bowerfind, Charles 520
Adams, Isaac
436
Bonner, Richard I .529
Ames, William B.
449
Comstock, Addison J 75
Brown, Gen. J. W
67
Blood, Ezra F
70
Cook, Zacharias 127
Bayles, Samuel. 74
Clark, William A 129
Boughton, Selleck C. 84
Comstock, Edwin 143
Bixby, David.
90
Clark, Lester P 170
Bills, Perley.
97
. Baker, Rufus. 152
Bassett, Nathan H 156
Brown, James L. 160
Barrett, Seymour. 175
Bradley, Robert J 182
Bliven, Samuel 192
Carpenter, Joel 299
· Baker, Elisha A 194
· Colvin, George 304
BeDell, Amos B. 199
Croswell, Charles M .. 310
Bennett, Clarence E. 200
Carpenter, Guy. 311
Baxter, Benjamin L. .211
Cairns, James R. 320
Cross, Japheth. 324
Carter, Norman B. .353
Beaman, Fernando C. 313
Clark, Elihu L. 360
Beavers, Benjamin. 317
Comstock, Darius. 370
Bradish, Augustus W 337
Bowen, Harvey S 339
Corbet, William M 400
Bourns, Henry 340
Camburn, Joseph 411
Boies, John K 363
Case, Hermon R. 419
Cheeney, John. 460
Clark, John R 474
Clapp, Dwella M 491
Comstock, Warner M. 497
Blackmar, Clinton A 453
Clegg, Richard
507
172
Coryell, Andrew 188
. Colvin, James B 217
Crane, George L. 252
· Cleveland, Joseph H .. 256
Clark, Frederick T 273
Bradish, Mrs. Mary A 272
Bidwell, Ira 274
Carpenter, David 387
Baker, Stephen C. 36€ Bates, Winslow 388
· Baker, Norton.
425
Beagle, Fredrick G 447
Cole, Ezra
Conkling, Samuel G 111
Arnold, Barzilla W 461
Chaffee, Jerome B 120
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INDEX.
Crane, George 509
Crane, Calvin. 521
Illenden, Richard. 342
Dewey, Lorenzo D 105
Jeffery, James K. 277
Dutton, William 187
Jermain, John, Jr 392
Dreher, Adam
196
Jerrells, David.
494
Kedzie, James T. 124
Davis, Isaac .. 305
Deming, Benajah H. 307
Dodge, Dr. Thomas F 359
Dewey, Francis A
375
Knapp, Bronson C 259
Kedzie, William, Jr. 292
Knight, William. 336
Kimball, William E 348
Knight, Lewis C. 373
Knowles, Hezekiah, Jr 384
Ketcham, George W. 421
457
Kinney, Richard H
482
Lamb, Orsamus ... 108
Le Baron, Sirrell C. 114
Lilley, Lucius. 116
123
Lapham, Jacob. 130
Lewis Halsey 145
Laverty, Dr. Thomas H. 151
Geddes, Norman. 110
Giles, William G 157
Lovett, William
184
Lair, Edwin .. 189
Lowe, Justus. 210
Lowe, Isaiah .. 235
Livesay, John H 382
Graves, William M.
263
Green, Noah K 267
Gleason, Nathaniel Jr
302
Gray, Joseph W 428
Graves, William 451
483
Hoxter, William
82
Hatch, David ..
104
Hopkins, Bronson 109
Hayden, William. 117
Hicks, Benjamin L. 158
Haviland, Peleg C. 197
. Hall, Alfred D. 201
Hicks, George W 255
Hutchens, John 257
Hinkley, Samuel 266
Hagaman, Joseph. 268
Hart, Henry 282
Holloway, Butler. 291
Hicks, Captain Daniel. 300
Harrison, Albert J
.321
. Hall, Jonathan
333
Hale, Mrs. Hester A .377
Hough, Flavius J 405
· Hall, Ephraim. 418
Hagaman. Ira J. 444
Hathaway, George A 474
Kelly, Benjamin. 177
Kent, Burton. 213
Dewey, Charles H.
496
Eldredge, Nathaniel B
133
Emery, Benjamin P 415
Eddy, Hiranı S. 432
Eaton, Stephen A 439
Fowler, Levi, Jr 144
· Fisher, Nelson 154
Ferguson, Orry 163
Freeman, William B. 245
Fisk, Welcome V. 247
Furman, Walter ... 264
Ferguson, George
409
Foster, John, Jr. 435
Gragg, Robert ..
180
Goff, Edwin A. 181
Galloway, Almon C.
233
- Goodrich, George W
238
Luther, Theodorick 500
McLouth, Orville 193
Morey, John E. 204
Miller, Van R. 240
McMath, Fleming 254
Millard, Alfred L. 295
Moore, George W .325
McComb, Thomas .355
Mosher, Thomas H. 368
Moore, Thomas F. 385
Montgomery, William H 395
Merritt, John Maxwell. 414
Mickley, Charles E 426
McAdam, Michael 452
Moreland, James .. 467
Mckenzie, Charles M 472
Mosher, Thomas. .488
McConnell, Matthew B. 490
Mann, Daniel 505
Merritt, Willis. 508
Mckenzie, George T. 512
Mills, Gabriel W .528
Norwood, Carlisle. 283
Newcomb, Dr. R. B. C. 309
Norcross, Aaron, Jr 499
Osborn, William H.
96
Osborn, Van Rensselaer J. 141
Ingalls, Rensselaer W 315
Deane, Isaac A
276
Knight, Stephen 174
Knapp, Cornelius.
Loomis, Daniel A
Fenton, Seth W 477
Greenly, William L 101
Lanning, James. 178
Green, Orson.
536
INDEX.
Osborn, Franklin 169
Osborn, James. 246
Older, David B. 328
Tilton, William W 72
Osborn, Alvin C. .331
Tribou, Edgar A. 115
Tobey, Thomas J 146
Owen, Dr. Woodland. 503
Pennington, Israel. 92
Pennington, John. 94
Patrick, James. 203
. Parker; James H.
215
Porter, Asaph K
.220
Page, James,
234
Tufts, Aaron R. 417
Peters, Dr. Harrison ,287
334
Park, Eliab. .381
372
Page, Nicholas A 406
Pratt, Alpheus.
Perry, Gideon D.
.456
Van Auken, Lemuel. 330
Valentine, Moses. 422
Van Doren, Edmund B .. 443
Pratt, Mrs. Philena 489
V'an Aikin, William H. H 469
Van Doren, Francis 487
Whipple, Walter. 73
Whitney, James. 85
Whitney, Abel. 86
Raymond, Hiram.
126
Richard, William
140
Rogers, Samuel R 167
Randall, Chester J 207
Randall, Isaac. 222
Richard, John. .294
Williams, Arthur F 165
Wiggins, William. 205
Washburn, Ezra A. 212
Wickwire, Frederick W. 218
Woodward, David. 227
Weaver, Charles M. 230
Wilcox, William S. 231
Sinclair, Daniel D 102
Webb, James K 236
Waldron, Aaron K 244
Wilson, Edwin G 249
Wheeler, Nathaniel S 260
Smith, Sylvester B. 242
Whitney, William A .280
Schreder, John F. 261
Whitney, Russell. .285
Williams, William. .288
Wyman. Dr. Henry. 290
Waldby, William H 297
Weaver, Clement E. 301
Winter, Dr. E. C. 323
Wyman, Sheldon .329
Warner, Stephen. 351
Webster, Mrs. Alzory D. 357
Wilcox, Austin S. 362
Wilkins, George A., Jr 394
Wilson, Simon D. 39S
. Woolsey, Alanson. 412
- Whaley, Cyrenus 437
Wilcox, Felix A. 458
Stebbins, Francis R. 493
Service, William. 515
Stacy, Consider A 516
Stearns, Willard. 525
Older, William. 390
Taylor, Joshua. 186
Tripp, Dr. Joseph 191
Thomas, Charles L. 229
Ten Brook, William 243
Talmage, Joseph I 250
Town, Dr. Nathan 269
Thompson, J. Harvey 446
· Tiffany, Alexander R
.523
Tabor, Lorenzo. .531
Underwood, Charles R 476
Van Tine, David B. 101
Perkins, Martin B. .478
Price, Phineas. 480
Poucher, Martin. 511
Palmer, John C .513
106
· Rose, Samuel B
125
Whitney, Augustus H. 90
Weatherby, William 136
'Waldby, Ebenezer I. 138
· Wood, Luke.
139
Walker, Charles M. 161
Richard, Alexander 356
Robinson, Rollin. 379
Ripley, Whitman 397
Rogers, Ira. 518
Spofford, Sumner F 78
Spalding, Dr. P. J. 99
Sinclair, Aaron J 113
Stockwell, Martin P 149
Silvers, John P 166
Shumway, Nathan 270
. Still, William .. 319
Salsbury, Osmyn 347
Stow, Alpheus. .350
· Sage, John. 367
401
Shaw, Brackley
429
Smith, Alonzo L. 441
434
· Simonds, James N. A. L.
Sheldon, Horace J 462
Slater, Joseph W 464
Street, Robert J. 471
Weaver, William
485
Wilson, Andrew. 526
Sayles, Horace. 423
Smith, Rev. Jededialı
Roberts, Jacob G
Page, William D
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