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as he was the oldest son, he assisted his father in clearing and improving his farm. He then commenced work by the month for John Richard, on his farm, but after working for him two seasons, in 1842 he purchased a farm on sections 14 and 15, in Palmyra, where he now resides. This was a wild piece of land when he pur- chased it. He has erected a good frame house, large barns, etc., and has now a very valuable and productive farm. February 22, 1844, Dwight Rogers married Miss Betsey Doty, daughter of Alvin and Melinda Doty, of Raisin, by whom he has had six children, as follows: Jesse A., born November 8, 1845, a farmer of Palmyra; Millard F., born December 30, 1848, and died Octo- ber 20, 1851; Eliza J., born October 13, 1851, at home; Helen M., born June 3, 1858, and died February 4, 1861; Nellie D., born January 25, 1861, a school teacher in Palmyra; William D., born August 6, 1863, a student at Adrian college. Mrs. Melinda Doty died in Raisin, July 22, 1880. Mrs. Betsey Rogers was born in Durham, Greene county, N. Y., May 28, 1821, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1835, and settled in Raisin, this county. [For her family relation, see William Doty's record in this volume.]
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ILLIAM F. KING was born in Stirling, Scotland, Sep- tember 11, 1832. He resided there until his twenty- fourth year, came to America in 1856, and arrived in Adrian July 2, that year. He received a common school educa- tion, and at the age of fourteen he went to learn the watchmaker's trade in Stirling, serving an apprenticeship of six years. After working there one year as a journeyman, he went to Greenock, on the Clyde, and worked nearly three years. On his arrival in Adrian he found employment with J. J. Newell, and in the fall of 1861 he went into partnership with Mr. Newell. This firm ex- isted until May, 1863, when Mr. King withdrew, subsequently forming a partnership with James Thompson in the watch and jewelry business. The firm of Thompson & King existed until December, 1871. In 1866 Thompson & King erected the fine brick store on the south side of Maumee street, in Adrian, now occupied by Jas. DeFoe. Mr. King erected a fine residence on
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Dennis street, and also the one he now occupies on South Winter street. He has also done much besides to build up and beautify Adrian. In 1871 he opened a jewelry and book store, which he carried on until 1878, when he sold out his entire stock of books and stationery, and since that time has paid his attention exclu- sively to the jewelry business. Mr. King is a prominent Mason, and has held all the positions in the Subordinate Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery. In politics he is a conservative with Democratic proclivities. In religion he is a Presbyterian, having been brought up in that church in Scotland. June 4, 1860, he married Miss Sarah M. Pegler, of Adrian, by whom he has had four children, as follows: S. Helen, William F., Charles E. and Jessie I., all born in Adrian. Mrs. Sarah M. King was born in London, Ontario, October 21, 1834. She came to Michigan and settled in Monroe with her parents when an infant. She after- wards moved to New Brunswick, N. J. with her parents. In 1849 her parents came back to Monroe, where they died.
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ON. STILLMAN W. BENNETT was born in Fairfield, Lenawee county, Mich., July 30, 1842. His father, Hon. Davis D. Bennett, was born in Catharine, Tioga (now Che- mung) county, N. Y., March 25, 1808, and was the son of Deacon Matthew. and Nancy (Brace) Bennett. Deacon Matthew Bennett was born in Orange county, New York, in 1778. When he was about fourteen years old his father moved to Wilkesbarre, Penn. About 1805 Matthew moved from Pennsylvania to Tioga county, N. Y., where he purchased a new farm. In 1816 he moved to Genesee (now Orleans) county, where he again purchased a new farm. In 1826 he sold out, and purchased another new farm on the Tonawanda Reservation, in Genesee county. In 1832 he sold out and came to Michigan, and located 240 acres of government land on section 23, in Rollin, where he lived until the last few years of his life. He died in Fairfield, in 1863. In 1790 he married Miss Nancy Brace, of Wilkesbarre, Penn., by whom he had ten children, Davis D. being the second son and third child. Mrs. Nancy Bennett was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., and died in Rollin, this county. Davis D. Bennett left his parents at the
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age of sixteen, and worked on a farm and at lumbering until the fall of 1828, when he came to Michigan. He resided in Adrian until the fall of 1829, when he went back to Orleans county, where he was married. In the spring of 1830 he came back to Michigan, and located 80 acres of land on section 33, in Adrian township. He lived there one year, when he sold out to Harry Wood. In 1831 he purchased 160 acres of land on section 29, in Adrian township. In 1837 he sold to John Raymond. That year he purchased 220 acres on sections 10 and 16, in Fairfield, where he resided until 1868, when he sold out to his son, Stillman W. Bennett, and since that time has resided in Fairfield village. Since his residence in Fairfield he has held many offices of honor and trust, having been elected supervisor four times, justice of the peace four times, and town clerk about fifteen times. In 1848-9 he was a member of the Michigan Legislature, and was present at the dedication of the first capitol building, at Lansing. Stillman W. Bennett lived with his parents until he was twenty-one years old. He was educated in the district schools of his township, and attended the Adrian College for two terms. He taught a district school for several terms in Fairfield. He has mostly followed farming, and after he was married he purchased his father's home- stead, on sections 9 and 16, in Fairfield, where he now resides. He has always been an active man in the township, and shortly after he became of age he was elected school inspector, which office he filled for several years. He was elected town treasurer in 1873, and in 1876-7 was elected supervisor. In the fall of 1878 he was elected a representative from the Second district of Lenawee county, in the State Legislature, and served on several important com- mittees. It was during this session that the magnificent new State capitol was dedicated at Lansing, it being just thirty years after the first capitol building was located and dedicated at that place, when his father was a member of the Legislature, and represented the same constituency. In 1868 he went to Wauseon, Ohio, where he was engaged for about one year in the manufacture of sash and blinds. Since 1869 he has paid his attention exclusively to mixed farming. January 16, 1868, Stillman W. Bennett married Miss Mary L. Livesay, daughter of James and Orpha A. Livesay, of Fairfield, by whom he has had one son, Arthur Livesay, born April 15. 1871. Mrs. Mary L. Bennett was born May 29, 1844, in Fairfield, this county. Her father was born in Horseheads, Tioga (now Chemung) county, N. Y., November 7, 1811, and came to Michigan in 1835, but first settled just over the line in Fulton county, Ohio, where he lived for a short time. January 14, 1841 James Livesay married Miss Orpha Armenia Salsbury,
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daughter of Philip and Clarissa (Curtis) Salsbury, of Warsaw, Genesee county, N. Y., by whom he had four children, Mrs. Mary L. Bennett being the second child and daughter. Mrs. Orpha A. Livesay was born in Warsaw, Genesee county, N. Y., December 13, 1811, came to Michigan in 1836, and died in Fairfield, this county, December 6, 1860.
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NCIL K. WHITMORE was born in Monroe, Ashtabula county, O., June 27, 1828. His father, Daniel Whitmore, was a native of Massachusetts and when a young man went to Herkimer county, N. Y., where he married Martha Keith, who was born April 22, 1791, by whom he had eight children, six sons and two daughters. He was a Free Will Baptist minister, and went to Ashtabula county, O., where he preached for several years. In 1831 he with his family moved to Hiannas, Barnstable county, Mass., where he was pastor of a church several years, subsequently going to New Jersey, where he died. His wife came to Michigan and died at Adrian, January 14, 1872. Ancil K. Whitmore never lived with his parents after he was eight years old. He came to Michigan and lived with his brother in Hillsdale county in 1844, but in September that year he came to Adrian and served an apprenticeship to the shoemaker's trade, which he afterwards fol- lowed for many years. He has resided in Adrian ever since that time. In the spring of 1858 he was elected constable and collec- tor of the First ward of Adrian, and was reelected the following spring. In the spring of 1861 he was elected marshal of the city of Adrian, and was reelected for the two following years. In the spring of 1865 he was again installed as marshal and served four years. During the entire seven years that he served as marshal he also collected the taxes. During the first three years the marshal was required to collect the city tax only, but the law being changed in 1865, he collected the entire tax, state, county and city. In the spring of 1868 he went into the service of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway company as detective officer, with headquarters at Adrian, and has occupied that position ever since. The appointment of deputy sheriff has been conferred upon him by all the sheriff's of the county since that time. He also served as
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deputy U. S. Marshal from June 1875, until the spring of 1877. In fact he has been a civil officer in active service in Adrian for over twenty-two years. He has been one of the most efficient and competent officers of the county, and the fact that he holds so im- portant a position as the one he now occupies, is a sufficient guar- antee of his capacity and integrity. In 1880 he was the candidate of the Democratic party for sheriff of Lenawee county. August 26, 1850, Ancil K. Whitmore married Miss Martha B. Stewart, daughter of James A. and Mary T. Stewart of Adrian, by whom he has had one child, Charles H. born September 6, 1853, now a resident of Adrian. Mrs. Martha B. Whitmore was born in the city of Pittsburgh, Pa., March 18, 1830, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1845, and after living in Monroe one year, came to Adrian in 1846, where her parents have since died. Her father was born July 13, 1794, in Canonsburg, Pa., and was the son of William and Mary Stewart, who came from Scotland. James A. Stewart was a machinist by trade, and was superinten- dent of a cotton factory for several years, in Pittsburgh, and after- wards owned and carried on a woolen factory in Liverpool, O. He died in Adrian July 17, 1880. In 1824 James A. Stewart married Mary (Taylor) Stokes, of Beaver, Penn., by whom he had seven children, five daughters and two sons, Mrs. Whitmore being the third daughter and fourth child. Mrs. Mary T. Stewart was born in Beaver, Pa., April 13, 1801, and died in Adrian, August 17, 1847.
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ARON ABBOTT was born in Vienna, Oneida county, N. Y., March 15, 1827. His father, Ezra Abbott, was born in Warren, N. Y., December 14, 1799. He was the son of Aaron Abbott and Martha Bush, of New Braintree, Mass., and lived there until 1803, when Aaron Abbott with his family moved to New York, and finally settled on a farm in Vienna, Oneida ยท county. Ezra Abbott, resided there until 1835, when he came to Michigan and settled on sections 25 and 26, in Dover, this county. He took up 200 acres of government land, cleared it up, and erected buildings on it. He added to his first purchase until he owned four hundred acres in one body. He resided there until the
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fall of 1859, when he moved to Adrian, where he died January 6, 1860. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and erected many of the first buildings in the township. About the year 1848 he was elected justice of the peace, and held the office from that time until he left the township in 1859. He was present at the meeting called to organize the town of Dover, and was one of the first assessors of the township under the old law. He was one of the prominent men of the town, and was much respected by all the old residents. His counsel and judgment were sought after by all dur- ing the early days of the settlement, and by his careful and tem- perate advice many of the knotty questions were satisfactorily set- tled and disposed of. He traced his ancestry back to George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., who came from England in 1643. In 1823 Ezra Abbott married Emily Tuttle, daughter of Oramon and Abi Tuttle, of Vienna, Oneida county, N. Y., by whom he had nine children, seven sons and two daughters, Aaron being the oldest son and second child. Mrs. Emily Abbott was born Febru- ary 20, 1805, and is still living on a part of the old homestead in Dover. Her father was a native of Connecticut, and a deacon in the Presbyterian church. He married Miss Sarah Barnes, who was born in the same place, and moved to Oneida county, N. Y., where they were pioneers. Aaron Abbott lived with his parents until he was twenty-one, and assisted his father in clearing up and improv- ing his farm. He also assisted his father in carrying on his car- penter and joiner work, and learned the trade, which he followed for a business, after he became of age. He worked at his trade and taught school in Dover and Seneca, until the spring of 1852, when he crossed the plains to California. He remained in California four years. During the first two years he was engaged in mining in Walls' diggings, at the head of Ion valley, in Amador county. In the spring of 1854 he purchased a trading post, furnished the miners with supplies, and carried on a mine a portion of the time. In 1856 he returned home by the Panama route, immediately after the completion of the Panama railroad. He then followed farm- ing and working at his trade until 1868, when he moved to Clay- ton village, where he engaged in the milling business. His mill was burned in 1873, when he again went to carpentering. He built the Union school-house, the Baptist church, and the Abbott block of stores in Clayton, besides many dwellings and other structures. June 5, 1856, Aaron Abbott married Mabel Johnson, daughter of John and Abigail Johnson, of Rome, this county, by whom he has had seven children, as follows: James B., born Feb- ruary 25, 1857, a resident of Clayton, and principal of the Union school; Abbie C., born January 27, 1859, a graduate of the State
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Normal school, and a successful teacher; Albert E., born August 1, 1861, at home; Olive A., born August 31, 1863, at home; Horatio J., born March 26, 1876; a son and daughter died in in- fancy. Mrs. Mabel Abbott was born in Berlin, Huron (now Erie) county, Ohio, August 31, 1831, came to Michigan with her parents in 1855, and settled on section 30, in Rome, this county. Her father was born in Waterford, New London county, Conu., January 16, 1796, where he resided until 1826, when he moved to Huron county, Ohio, and purchased a farm. November 16, 1823, he married Abigail Skinner, daughter of Isaac and Mabel (Olcott) Skinner, by whom he had eight children, Mrs. Mabel Abbott be- ing the third daughter and fourth child. John Johnson died in Hudson, March 9, 1865. His wife still survives him, and resides in Leslie, Ingham county, Mich.
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AMES K. CRANE was born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., March 8, 1834. His father, Edwin D. Crane, was born in Onondaga N. Y., May 14, 1812. He lived there until 1829, when his parents, Archer and Vilitia (Cornish) Crane, moved to Sodus, Wayne county, where he resided until August, 1837, when he came to Michigan and settled in Freedom, Wash- tenaw county. Before he started for Michigan, he purchased a farm on the recommendation of a man who had located it, and said it was all right, but when Mr. Crane came on to look for his land. he found all but four acres of it in a lake. He then took a job of clearing and fencing twenty acres for forty acres. He did most of the work with his own hands, and sold rails to live on, buy a yoke of oxen and one cow. He afterward purchased forty acres adjoining, but soon after sold out, and in 1839 he went to Mundy, Genesee county, where he bought a farm with some im- provements. He resided in Mundy until the fall of 1842, when he again made a trade for a farm on section 22, in Blissfield, this county, "unsight, unseen," but this time he found the farm was all he expected, and was satisfied with the transaction. He lived there until February, 1864, when he sold to Stephen Miller, and purchased a farm on section 16, in Adrian, but after a residence there of about two years he sold out to Levi Chase, in 1866. He
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continued to reside in the town of Adrian until his death, which occurred February 14, 1867. During his residence in Blissfield, he served the township as assessor, justice of the peace, and was one of the three drain commissioners that were first appointed un - der the present ditch law. He was a man of remarkable physical strength and endurance, and as a pioneer was universally respected, and his services and judgment in all matters of public importance were sought after. He cleared up a heavy timbered farm in Bliss- field, built good buildings, and made a desirable home. He was a kind, genial neighbor and friend, a thoughtful and indulgent husband and father, and a good citizen, ever anxious for the growth and prosperity of the county. May 22, 1831, Edwin D. Crane married Sarah B. Keyes, daughter of James and Abigail Keyes, of Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., by whom he had four children, as follows: Mahlon D., born in Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., April 6, 1832, a resident of Blissfield village; James K., born March 8, 1834; Charles E., born in Sodus, February 14, 1836, now a farmer of Sandborn, Knox county, Indiana; Helen M., born in Blissfield, July 14. 1845, now the wife of John D. Smead, a farmer of Blissfield. Mrs. Sarah B. Crane was born in Townsend, Mass., February 12, 1813. She moved to Lyons, Wayne county, N. Y., with her parents, when she was four years old. Her father, James Keyes, was born in Newburyport, Mass., November 28, 1789, and died in Lyons, N. Y., January 22, 1819. Her mother was Abigail Davis, who was born in New Hampshire, February 13, 1789, and died in Blissfield, this county, December 26, 1854. Mrs. Crane came to Michigan with her husband in 1837, and has experienced all the trials and pleasures of pioneer life. She knows what it is to live in a shanty without door or window, without stove, fire-place or chimney, and cooking her meals in a kettle hung out doors on three poles, Gypsey fashion. . She knows how a mother feels when her children are in the woods after dark, and hears the wolves howling, and she imagines they are making merry over the mangled corpse of her boy. She still lives to recount the many incidents of her life in Michigan. James K. Crane came to Michigan with his parents, in 1837, and now resides in Deerfield, this county, and owns a farm on section 23. He purchased his farm in 1856, when it was nearly covered with heavy timber. Since that time he has made a good productive farm, has erected good buildings, and has a com- fortable home. He was a soldier in the great rebellion, and en- listed as a private in Company F, 26th Michigan Infantry, in August, 1862, and served three years. He was promoted to cor- poral, sergeant and first lieutenant. During nearly all of the last
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year of his service he was on picket duty near Mount Vernon, on Washington's old plantation. He returned home in 1865, (broken down in health and strength, and has never fully recovered), since which time he has resided in Deerfield. March 27, 1856, James K. Crane married Cynthia A. Sperry, daughter of Enoch and Lu- cretia Sperry, of Ogden, this, county, by whom he has had six children, as follows: Dwight H., born in Deerfield, April 1, 1857, now of Colorado; Cynthia A., born in Deerfield, May 2, 1859, at home; Myra A., born in Deerfield, March 18,. 1861, at home; J. Alfred, born in Deerfield, August 16, 1863, at home ; Edmund B., born in Palmyra, this county, June 19, 1866, at home ; Helen A., born January 20, 1870, at home. Mrs. Cynthia A. Crane was born in Hudson, Summit county, Ohio, August 30, 1828, and came to Michigan in October, 1854. Her father, Enoch Sperry, was born at New Haven, Conn., May 2, 1801, moved to Hudson, Ohio, in 1826, married Lucretia Jones August 4, 1827, and came to Michigan in May, 1854. Mrs. Lucretia Sperry was born in Connecticut, May 28, 1808, and moved with her parents to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1817. Cleveland, at that time, was com- posed of only a few log houses.
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OSEPH FISCHER was born in Seebronn, Wurtemberg, Germany, March 18, 1840. He resided there and followed his trade of stone cutter, until the year 1866, when he came to America with his father's family, and settled in Adrian. Previous to his coming to this country he worked one year in Alsace, France at cutting stone for a large factory and some stores that were being erected. His first work in Adrian was for Frank Leonard, who then run a stone yard. He afterwards worked one season in Sagi- naw. In 1868 he assisted on the stone work of the present Ceu- tral School building in Adrian. In September 1868 he formed a partnership with his brother Jacob, and purchased the good will and fixtures of Joseph Pfeiffer's brewery, in Adrian, and erected a new brewery on the corner of Oak and Railroad streets. All of the modern improvements were introduced in the brewery and a fine business was soon built up. In September 1873 he pur- chased Jacob's interest in the establishment, since which time he
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has carried it on alone. His business is now quite extensive and prosperous, and he enjoys the confidence and respect of all his German friends, especially, and is looked upon as one of the solid business men of the city. October 8, 1868, Joseph Fischer mar- ried Amelia Kirchgessner, daughter of Sebastian and Genoveva Kirchgessner of Adrian, by whom he has had three children as follows: George Wilhelm, born in Adrian, November 30, 1869, Helen Louisa, born same place November 8, 1872, died April 13, 1877; Edwin Joseph, born same place June 8, 1879. Mrs. Amelia Fischer was born in Buchen, Baden, Germany, March 6, 1844, and came to America with her father in 1849, and settled in Monroe, where she resided until 1866, when she came to Adrian. Her father was born in Buchen, Germany, in 1800, and died in Adrian, in April 1874. Her mother was born in the same place. in 1804, and died there in 1848. She was the mother of twelve .children, three of whom reside in Adrian, three in Monroe, and one in Manchester. Two have died in this country. [For Joseph Fischer's family relation see Jacob Fischer's record in this book.]
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ILLIS T. LAWRENCE was born in West Bloomfield, Ontario county, N. Y., October 12, 1819. His father, William Lawrence, was born in the State of New York, December 8, 1789, and was a farmer in Ontario county. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and died in Rochester, N. Y., March 20, 1864. In the year 1808 William Lawrence married Miss Sela Thompson, of West Bloomfield, N. Y., by whom he had six children, Willis T. being the fourth child. Mrs. Sela Lawrence was born in Providence, R. I., April 5, 1794. Her parents were pioneers of Western New York, were three months on the road with ox teams, from Providence, and finally settled on the Genesee Flatts, a large tract of country then owned by General Wadsworth, extending from Geneseo to Rochester, and about thirty miles in width. William Lawrence's farm was situated near Geneseo vil- lage, and was known as the "Big Tree Farm." Mrs. Sela Law- rence died in Adrian, February 24, 1871. William Lawrence was a descendant of John Lawrence, who came to this country from England and settled in Monmouth, New Jersey, his wife
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being Miss Mary Townley. Willis T. Lawrence, at the age of eight years was bound to a farmer in East Bloomfield, N. Y., until he was twenty-one, but after four years service, he ran away on account of bad treatment, being whipped and overworked. Short- ly after he ran away, he was attacked with typhus fever, and was sick during the winter. In the spring of 1832, he went to work for his physician, on his farm, and worked three years for one shil- ling per day to pay his doctor's bill. In 1835 he found employ- ment in a woolen factory at $5 per month, but after about one year the factory failed, and his next employment was making Windsor chairs, in Peck and Nash's chair factory in West Bloom- field. In 1837 he got employment in a blacksmith's shop in the same village, and in 1838 he again went to work on a farm for Stephen Tinker, of Lima, Livingston county, and afterwards took charge of Widow Leach's farm in the same township, receiving eighteen dollars per month and board,-good wages for those days. That fall, having saved about $20, he went to Lima village, formed a partnership with an acquaintance, and started in the grocery business. He went to Rochester, invested his $20 in goods, and got credit for $30 more. He sold out the following spring for $300, and went to work in Slab City on a brick yard, for one dol- lar per day. In September, 1840, he went to Rochester, where he soon engaged in the grocery and boating business, and became largely interested in a packet line on the Genesee Valley Canal, between Rochester and Danville, and a line of freight boats be- tween Buffalo and New York. He finally sold out his boating interest, went to West Bloomfield and opened a large general store. In 1853 he built the Lawrence Hotel (now Brackett House) at the N. Y. C. depot, in Rochester. In 1855-6 he was elected assessor of the Second ward of Rochester. In 1854 he built a large brick block in Oswego, N. Y., which, soon after its construction was de- stroyed by fire, involving a great loss, as there was but little in- surance. April 1, 1863, Mr. Lawrence sold his property in Roch- ester and Oswego, to James Brackett, and purchased the Brackett House, in Adrian, together with the Prairie Cottage farm, and considerable western property, and has resided in Adrian mostly since that time. Since Mr. Lawrence has been a resident of Adrian, he has been an active man in many respects. He has owned much valuable property, has improved it and added to the wealth and beauty of the city. He purchased the residence prop- erty now owned by Ira Metcalf, overhauled it, and erected a very large brick barn. He next purchased the Litchfield property, in the south-castern part of the city. He surveyed it and ex- pended $1,200 in fencing it, and finally sold it to the Low Manu-
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