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the peace for eighteen years. He added to his first purchase until he owned 320 acres of land, has cleared 150, built good buildings, and feels that he has shirked no responsibility falling to a pioneer. While he was struggling for home and comforts in the early days, he always found time and a way of lending assistance to all new comers and settlers. He thanks God for a cheerful, hopeful dispo-
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sition, a good constitution and rugged health, and thinks that no pioneer of Lenawee county has had more real enjoyment through the 45 years of his life here than he has. October 17, 1832, Ebe- nezer Harmon married Sally Burgess, daughter of Moses and Laura Burgess, of Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y., by whom he has had three children, as follows. Lury, born in Phelps, April 9, 1834, now the wife of Jacob R. Vescelius, a farmer of Milan, Monroe county, Mich .; James, born in Macon, June 26, 1837, a farmer of Macon; Anson, born in Macon, March 17, 1839, a res- ident of Macon. Mrs. Sally Harmon was born in Phelps, N. Y., May 18, 1814, and came to Michigan with her husband in 1834, and knows a woman's part of a pioneer's life. Her parents were natives of the State of New York. Her father, Moses Burgess, died in Phelps, November 24, 1849, aged 64 years. Her mother Laura Burgess, died in Phelps, December 24, 1847, aged 56 years.
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R. INCREASE S. HAMILTON was born in Cumming- ton, Hampshire county, Mass., January 5, 1810. His father, Obadiah Hamilton, was born in Pelham, Mass., where he resided until his marriage to Miss Lusanah Richardson, of Cummington, Mass. After his marriage he made Cummington his home until 1818, and raised a family of eight children, of which Dr. I. S. Hamilton, now the only survivor, was the young- est. In 1818 he moved with his family to Perinton, Monroe county, N. Y., and purchased a farm. He lived there until his death, in 1828. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The mother, Lusanah Hamilton, died in Medina, this county, in 1843. When Increase S. Hamilton was fourteen years old he was thrown entirely upon his own resources, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for several years. At the age of sixteen lie commenced a course of study, with a definite idea of first getting an education, and subsequently choosing a profession. He worked at his trade during the summer months, and went to school and taught school until he was twenty-two, and in September, 1830, he went to Painesville, Ohio, and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. James Willard, and regarded him as his private precep- tor for three years, although he spent considerable of the time dur- (30)
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ing the years 1832-3, in Pennsylvania, teaching school. In the fall of 1833 he entered Fairfield Medical College, at Fairfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., and graduated in March, 1835. Previ- ous to going to College the Doctor studied Latin and Greek for nearly three years under a tutor, and was a proficient scholar. May 28, 1835, Dr. Hamilton landed in Detroit. On the following morning he started for Adrian, and after a two days' walk he arrived at the residence of his brother-in-law, Wanton Graham, who lived five miles south of Adrian. During the following month he prospected through Lenawee, Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun and Hillsdale counties, with the idea of locating in some village that gave a prospect of becoming a large place, but was finally induced by a Mr. White (who had come on from Canandaigua, N Y., and located on Bean Creek, and called the place Canandaigua,) to settle there, as it was then believed that the Michigan Southern railroad, which had been partially surveyed through there, would make it a large town. But as the road did not come on that route the village never grew to become of much importance. Dr. Hamilton erected the first frame house in Canandaigua village. During the fall of 1835 the Doctor opened the first school in Canandaigua, but after teaching about one month his professional services were so much sought after, that he was obliged to relinquish the school to his wife, who taught through the winter. During the winter of 1836 he purchased a farm on sections 3, 10 and 11, in Medina, and moved into the village of Medina in the spring of 1837, and de- voted himself to the practice of medicine, and clearing off his farm of 200 acres. He did a large professional business until-the spring of 1844. He was a delegate to the county convention which con- vened in Adrian to consider the action of Congress in regard to the settlement of the Toledo war difficulties, and the setting off of the strip of territory including Toledo, and acquiring in return the Up- per Peninsula. The Doctor acted as one of the clerks of the con- vention. He was a member of the first county convention that nominated officers under the State constitution. At this time there were no party lines, but soon after, when there was a party organi- zation, the Doctor went with the Whigs. In 1840 he made the first Fourth of July oration ever delivered in Hudson. On the Fourth of July, 1836, he delivered the first temperance lecture on Bean Creek, at Canandaigua. In 1842 he was the candidate of the Whig party for member of the Legislature. In 1844 he went to Adrian and formed a partnership with Dr. Cadman, but the fol- lowing December the partnership was dissolved, and Dr. Hamilton went to Tecumseh, where he now resides. Since his residence in Tecumseh he has devoted himself exclusively to his profession, and
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has attained a high position as a skillful 'and scientific man; has for several years been a member of the State Medical Society, and also the Southern Michigan Society, of which he has been Presi- dent. He has represented both societies as delegate to the National Medical Association of which he is a permanent member. Owing to his advanced age and failing health, at the last meeting of both the State, and Southern Michigan societies, he was made an hon- orary member. In October, 1879, he was made a corresponding member of the Detroit Academy of Medicine. The Doctor has ever since his residence in Michigan, been an ardent supporter of our educational interests, and for thirty years has been a Trustee of the Kalamazoo College. For forty years he has been a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, and a prominent and active worker in the christian cause. During the war of the rebellion the Doc- tor was a warm and active supporter of the Union cause, and not only did active work, but gave liberally of his means to carry on the war, sustain the government, and make the soldiers as comfortable as possible. April 18, 1834, Dr. I. S. Hamilton married Sarah B. Wheeler, daughter of Abel Wheeler, of Paines- ville, Ohio, who died in Medina in 1842, leaving him with two children, one only three days old. In 1843 he married Har- riet R. Daniels, sister of the Hon. Ebenezer Daniels, of Medi- na, who died July 3, . 1871, leaving two daughters. Of the children, only one is now alive, Harriet L., now the wife of Albert L. Brewer, of Tecumseh September 5, 1873, Dr. Ham- ilton married Miss Ann Elizabeth White, daughter of Thomas and Sophrona White, of Seneca Falls, N. Y.
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BENEZER G. MILLS was born in Groveland, Livingston county, N. Y., February 12, 1810. His father, Major Philo Mills, was a native of the State of New York, and was born November 1, 1775. He was a farmer and owned a farm in Grove- land, Livingston county, N. Y., where he resided until 1835, when he came to Michigan and settled in Franklin, where he located and purchased 960 acres of land on sections 7 and 18, besides 320 acres in Cambridge, and 400 acres in Moscow, Hills- dale county .. He built his house on section 18, in Franklin, where
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he resided until his death, which occurred August 27, 1841. He was one of the most active and energetic men that had settled in Lenawee county up to that time. During the five years that he resided on the land he cleared, fenced and cropped nearly two. hundred acres. He built a frame house and barn, and was the largest and most prosperous farmer in the township. During his residence in the State of New York he was made a major in the State militia, his brother William being a general, and his brother Lewis being captain. About the year 1800 Major Philo Mills married Mary Green, by whom he had fourteen children, Ebenezer being the third son and fourth child. Mrs. Mary Mills was born in Canada, June 7, 1783, and died in Franklin, February 2, 1842. Ebenezer Mills lived with his parents until he was twenty-two years old, and was brought up a farmer. In 1829 his father came to Michigan and purchased land in Lenawee county, and in the fall of 1830 Ebenezer came to settle on a part of it. The land was on section 18, in the present town of Franklin. He resided there until 1835, when he traded with his father for land in Hillsdale county, which he afterward sold and purchased a farm on section 8, where he now resides. When he came in 1830, and for a year or two afterward, deer were very numerous. His house stood near a "run way," and he has often of a morning counted from seventy to eighty in a drove going from the " openings to the timbered land." Fresh meat was plenty then, for all he had to do was to wait until they came along and shoot a deer most any day. He was quite familiar with the Indians, and sometimes went hunting with them. He remembers two Indians in particular, "Swash" and "Kidney," who often camped near by, and would trade and beg as only Indians can. Wolves were very plenty, and, although he never lost any stock by them, he often heard of the neighbor's stock be- ing attacked and driven in. It was nothing uncommon to hear that a neighbor's pig had been carried off by a bear. Ebenezer is the only one of seven children who came to Lenawee county with their parents, that now resides in Franklin. May 3, 1831, Eben- ezer Mills married Ann Brears, daughter of Thomas and Leah Brears, by whom he has had eiglit children, as follows. Nancy, born December 31, 1832, now the widow of William Smith, of Franklin; Philo T., born November 6, 1834, was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and member of Company E, Eighteenth Michigan Infantry, and died at Decatur, Ala., October 24, 1864; Elizabeth B., born February 29, 1837, was the wife of Mason Camburn, and died April 5, 1874; Henrietta, born August 23, 1839, now the wife of Edwin Bunting, a farmer of Rush, Shia- wassee county; Ransom W., born January 24, 1843, was a soldier
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in the war of the rebellion, and member of Company E, Eighteenth Michigan Infantry, now a farmer of Franklin; Sarah Jane, born December 25, 1845, now the wife of Mason Camburn, of Frank- lin; Edward J., born May 6, 1847, and died December 8, 1871; Emma M., born April 8, 1850, at home. Mrs. Ann Mills was born at Ferry Bridge, Yorkshire, England, November 3, 1811, and came to America with her brother, John Brears, in 1830, and set- tled in Franklin. Her parents were natives of Yorkshire, were farmers, and both died there.
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R PHRAIM SLOAN was born in Pawlet, Rutland county, Vt., April 28, 1806. His father, James Sloan, was a na- tive of Townsend, Mass., and when young learned the shoe- maker's trade, but after moving to Vermont, he purchased a farm, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1819. About the year 1801 he married Elizabeth Beal, daughter of Seth Beal, of Conway, Mass., by whom he had six children, Ephraim being the third son and child. Mrs. Elizabeth Sloan came to Michigan in 1835, and died in Rollin in 1837. Ephraim Sloan lived with his parents until he was fourteen years old, when he went to Pal- myra, N. Y., and lived with his uncle until he was twenty-one. In 1827 he went to Williamson, Wayne county, N. Y., and pur- chased a farm and resided there three years. He then sold out and went to Macedon, residing there until 1833, when he came to Michigan, and in the spring of 1834 located land on section 8, in Rollin, where he now resides. When a young man he followed car- pentering, and assisted in building all the first mills on Bean creek, in Rollin. He also assisted in building a large number of the first houses and barns in the township. He was young when he came to Lenawee county, having everything to gain, and took considerable interest in the topography of the township. He sent to Dan. B. Miller, Land Commissioner, at Monroe, and made an arrangement by which he got a plat of the townships of Rollin and Wheatland, each month, showing the land still untaken. These plats afforded him an advantage that no one else enjoyed, and his services as "land looker" were in constant demand by the new comers during the year 1834. He enjoyed his pioneer
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life here, and never met with any serious accident or misfortune. He always had enough to eat and to wear, and to visit with the neighboring settlers, to hear the trees fall, and see the light from the burning log heaps and brush piles at night, was greater en- joyment than he has ever experienced since. He thinks a pio- neer's life a glorious one, if health and strength is spared, and now thinks back to the old times with a painful longing to live them over again. He then knew every person for ten miles around, and all was as one family in sickness, trouble or want. He remembers one day in 1834, that Abel Whitney, then a young man of Adrian, came along in search of his brother-in-law, Burrows Brown, who lived in Wheatland. Mr. Sloan directed him to the "Cold water trail," some little distance northwest. Mr. Whitney went on, spending nearly all the afternoon in search of the trail, and just before dark returned to Mr. Sloan's, utterly confused and out of patience with his ill success. Finally Mr. Sloan went with him to the trail, although it was nearly dark, and directed him to put the spurs to his horse and not to be found in the woods at night, as wolves were plenty. He finally found the house. . Sep- tember 23, 1842, Ephraim Sloan married Charity G. Hathaway, daughter of James and Dorothy Hathaway, of Rollin, by whom he had two children, as follows: William J., born in Rollin, Au- gust 16, 1843, works the home farm; Ellen H., born same place, November 4, 1848, at home. Mrs. Charity Sloan was born Janu- ary 1, 1819, came to Michigan with her parents in 1834, and. settled in Rollin in 1837. She died in Rollin, August 20, 1866. Her parents were members of the Society of Friends, and were na- tives of Massachusetts. Mrs. Sloan was also a member of the Friends' Society, and was an unselfish, charitable, christian woman, whom all admired and respected.
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AMUEL M. HAMILTON was born in Perinton, Monroe county, N. Y., December 24, 1826. He lived there only a few years when his father moved to Orleans county, and in the fall of 1834 he moved to Portage (now Summit) county, Ohio. Samuel M. only stayed there through the winter, and in the spring of 1835 he came to Michigan with his uncle, Dr. I. S. Hamilton,
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who settled in Medina, this county. Samuel only remained with his uncle about three months, when he went to live with his aunt, Mrs. Wanton Graham, in Madison. He lived with Mrs. Graham until the fall of 1845, when he went to Whiteside county, Ill., and remained about fifteen months. In February, 1847, he returned to Michigan, and followed different pursuits, until August, 1853, when he purchased one hundred acres of land on section 18, in Ogden, of Benjamin F. Butler, who at one time owned a large tract in that township. Mr. Hamilton lived on this land, improv- ing it, setting out a good orchard, erecting good buildings, and mak- ing it his home until 1865, when he sold-out and purchased a farm on the town line, on section 7. September 16, 1861, Mr. Hamil- ton enlisted in the Sixth U. S. Cavalry, and served three years. His regiment was in the Army of the Potomac, and he took part in over fifty battles and skirmishes, never receiving a wound or an injury. In 1869 he sold his farm in Ogden to Stephen C. Baker, and went to Saline county, Kan., where he purchased a large farm. His experience in Kansas was not the most pleasant, and he says he would as soon take his chances in the regular army as there. In 1870 the State experienced a terrible drouth, when, everything was completely destroyed by the dry weather and chinch bugs. But the worst scourge he ever experienced was the great grasshop- per raid in 1874. He says he has never read anything that describes the utter desolation caused by these pests. With the drouths, grasshoppers, cyclones, hailstorms, prairie fires, etc., to which farmers were then exposed he has no pleasant recollec- tions of Kansas. In November, 1877, he returned to Michigan and purchased the old Jesse Stretch farm, on section 7, in Palmyra, this county, where he now resides. During Mr. Hamilton's resi- dence in Ogden he was quite active in politics, and served as jus- tice of the peace eight years, school inspector twelve years, and town treasurer two years, filling all these offices acceptably. Sam- uel M. Hamilton's father, John L. Hamilton, was born in Cheshire county, Mass., June 1, 1797, of Scotch ancestors, and died in Ogden, this county, July 25, 1866. His wife was Matilda Durkees, who was a native of New York. She was married to John L. Hamilton, October 16, 1824, and died June 28, 1832. August 21, 1853, Samuel M. Hamilton was married to Miss Nancy Nash, daughter of Samuel and Sarah M. Nash, of Madison, this county, by whom he has had three children, as follows: Nathan A. S., born in. Ogden, August 1, 1854; Evlyn S., born in Ogden, May 18, 1859; Ina S., born in Ogden, May 20, 1866. Mrs. Nancy Hamilton was born near Hamilton, Canada, October 10, 1834, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1837. Samuel
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Nash was born in Norwich, Conn., April 10, 1805. He learned the cloth-weaver's trade, which he followed for several years, but finally turned his attention to farming. January 6, 1828, Samuel Nash married Miss Sarah M. Becker, by whom he had eleven children. Mrs. Sarah Nash was born in the State of New York, in 1809, and died in Madison, this county, June 22, 1863.
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OB GRAVES was born in Greenfield, Franklin county, Mass., December 31, 1799. He is the son of Job and Abi- gail Graves, who were farmers, and lived on the farm that Ebenezer Graves, father of Job, inherited from his ancestors, who located it nearly 300 years ago. The original Graves came from England and settled on it, getting his deed from the King of Eng- land. The farm is still in the hands of the descendants, but not a Graves, Job, the subject of this sketch, being the only living male representative. Job Graves, Sr., was born on the old farm, lived there all his life, and died there, aged eighty-eight years. He married about 1779 Abigail Wells, who was born in Hatfield, Mass., by whom he had twelve children, Job, Jr., being the tenth child. Abigail Graves died soon after her husband, on the farm, aged eighty-five years. Job Graves, Jr., lived with his parents until he was about sixteen years old, when he went to the adjoin- ing town of Deerfield and served an apprenticeship of three years at the blacksmith's trade. He lived in the vicinity of Greenfield, and followed his trade until the spring of 1831, when he made up his mind that he could better his condition, become a landholder and eventually gain a competency, and started for Michigan, determined to locate a farm and grow up with the country. He arrived in Detroit with his family in May, in company with Eben- ezer Davis and David Wells, all from Massachusetts. After spend- . ing some time in looking about, he finally located on section 2, in the present town of Franklin, this county, and still resides there. His farm was situated on the Chicago turnpike, and he immedi- ately put up a log blacksmith shop, and for many years in connec- tion with his farming he did blacksmith work. The nearest shop was at Clinton, and he found enough to do in making plow-shares, mending ox yokes, log-chains, and doing jobs for the settlers and
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travelers. He made the irons for the first saw mill erected in Clinton. February 10, 1831, Job Graves married Laura A. Witherell, daughter of Runy and Lovina Witherell, of Deerfield, Mass., by whom he has had three children, as follows: Sarah J., born in Franklin, this county, April 22, 1832, now the widow of Henry Fisk; Laura A., born same place, September 20, 1836, now the wife of James Bosteder, a farmer of Franklin; Mary E., born same place, September 15, 1845, now the wife of Charles Bosteder, a farmer of Manchester, Washtenaw county, Mrs. Laura A. Graves was born in Chatham, Conn., December 10, 1809, and came to Michigan with her husband in 1831. Her father was a native of Connecticut, and died in Deerfield, Mass. Her mother was a native of Deerfield where she died.
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OHN O. MAYNARD was born in Chenango, Broome coun- ty, N. Y., June 9, 1831. His father, John Maynard, was born in Connecticut, December 4, 1798, where he lived until he became a young man, when he went to Binghamton, N. Y., and followed his trade of wool carder and eloth dresser for some time. He afterwards went to Chenango, where he resided until 1832, when he came to Michigan. In October, 1832, he brought his family to Michigan and settled on section 32, in Adrian township. He purchased eighty acres of land, and immediately put up a log house and moved into it that fall. He cleared up fifty acres of heavy timber, built a good barn, and resided there until his death, which occurred August 4, 1840. He died in the very prime of his life and usefulness, leaving a widow and seven children to battle with the stern and rugged realities of a new and yet unde- veloped country. He was a true type of a man, of honest purpose, vigorous mind, of simple and religious habits, moral, social and companionable, and enjoyed the friendship and confidence of all who knew him. December 14, 1820, he married Charlotte Mer- chant, daughter of Jedediah and Hepsiby (Betts) Merchant, of Colesville, Broome county, N. Y., by whom he had seven children, three daughters and four sons, John O. being the oldest son. Mrs. Charlotte Merchant was born October 12, 1801, and died in Adrian, January 24, 1879. John O. Maynard came to Michigan
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with his parents in 1832, and has always lived on the home farm. His father died when he was nine years old, and he, being the old- est son, soon assumed the management of the farm, with the as- sistance of his mother, and since he was fourteen years old he has carried on the farm, and now owns it, having purchased the in- terest of all the heirs. He has been a resident of Adrian town- ship for forty-eight years, but has never held any office or public position, being naturally of a timid, retiring disposition, preferring home associations and his own business and comfort, to any pub- lic honor that might have been conferred upon him. November 22, 1859, John O. Maynard married Caroline E. Hood, daughter of John and Olive Hood, of Rome, this county, by whom he has had four children, as follows: William O., born October 1, 1860 ; John H., born September 23, 1865; Florence O., born March 29, 1867; Grace M., born November 16, 1873; all born in Adrian, and at home. Mrs. Caroline Maynard was born in Washington, Erie county, Penn., July 3, 1837, and came to Michigan with her parents when a child. Her parents were among the early settlers of Rome township, and were among those who have done so much to develop Lenawee county into its present beauty and value. John Hood was born in Romulus, N. Y., between Cayuga and Seneca lakes, August 27, 1797, and died April 12, 1878. Olive Hood was born in or near New Haven, Conn., December 28, 1803. They came to Michigan in the spring of 1837. Olive Hood's father's name was Harvey Hall, and her mother's name was Sarah Humiston Hall.
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WIGHT ROGERS was born in Hardwick, Worcester county, Mass., February 5, 1818. His father, Obadiah Rogers, was born in Dana, Worcester county, Mass., Janu- ary 26, 1792, where he resided until he was thirty-nine years old. He was the son of Elkanah and Tamson (Snow) Rogers, who were farmers in ordinary circumstances for those days, raising a family of eight sons and one daughter. All of the sons became quite prominent men, and were scattered from Maine to Michigan. They were all self-made men, as their father had no means to give them more than an ordinary common school education.
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Obadiah Rogers commenced life in Massachusetts by renting a farm, which he lived on until the spring of 1831. He then made up his mind that he would come to Michigan, with a view of get- ting a farm of his own. In the spring of 1831 he came to Mich- gan and located 160 acres of land on section 27, in Raisin. He made a little improvement that year, and put in about five acres of wheat. He had his choice of nearly all the land south of Tecum- seh, as there were but few settlers then. He made an excellent choice, and the farm is now one of the most valuable in the town- ship. He returned to Massachusetts in the fall and brought his family, consisting of his wife and eight children, in the spring of 1832. His experience during the first year of his settlement here was not the most pleasant. He lived in a shanty until he could get up his log house, which, February 27, 1833, was burned with all its contents. But very few articles and scarcely any of his pro- visions were saved, but the settlers, and especially Sylvanus West- gate, offered every assistance until another house could be erected. After this serious drawback he began to prosper. His family all remained in good health, and with the assistance of his four sons he cleared up his land, and soon became a prosperous farmer. In the spring of 1853 he erected a frame house, previously erecting good barns and sheds. He was an energetic, thrifty farmer, and a good citizen. He was a zealous Christian, and was instrumental in organizing a society and erecting a Congregational church in Raisin. April 18, 1814, he married Miss Lydia M. Reed, daugh- ter of Samuel Reed, of Franklin county, Mass., by whom he had eleven children, five sons and six daughters, as follows: Mary Ann, born September 25, 1816, now the wife of George Colvin, of Palmyra, this county ; Azubah, born July 3, 1820, now the wife of Nathan Spencer, of Raisin, this county; Freeman S., born August 15. 1822, now a practicing dentist in Gilroy, Cal .; Eliza, born October 7, 1824, was the wife of Nathan Spencer, of Raisin, and died in September, 1851; Celestina, born November 7, 1826, and died in December, 1844; John, born February 8, 1832, was a practicing physician of Honey Creek, Wis., and died there in December, 1870; Obadiah, Jr., born April 4, 1834, a physician of Brockport, N. Y .; Lydia, born September 14, 1836, now the wife of E. D. Latham, of Bloomington, Ill .; Sarah, died in infancy. Mrs. Lydia Rogers was born in Wendell, Franklin county, Mass., September 25, 1794, and died in Raisin, February 27, 1880. Obadiah Rogers died in Raisin, September 12, 1873. Dwight Rogers came to Michigan with his parents in 1832, when he was fourteen years old, and has resided in Lenawee county ever since. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-three years old, and,
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