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will be remembered by all acquaintances with the purest and kindest thought. A mother of thirteen children, twelve of whom still live to revere and bless her, not one of whom was ever inten- perate, immoderate, or used tobacco (with one exception), and none of whom have ever been in the clutches of the law. So just were her teachings and so pure was her life in her family, that her children live upon the good examples she set before them, all comfortable in the world, and thankful for so blessed a mother. Edgar C. Van Vleet came to Michigan when he was about three years old, and has been a resident of Michigan ever since. He resided with his parents until he was about twenty-four years old. In 1858 he went to Clinton county, and settled on a new farm in the town of Essex. He resided there for three years and improved and fenced into ten-acre lots fifty acres, setting out a large orchard, etc. His wife became seriously ill, when he sold out and returned to Lena- wee county, and in 1865 he purchased the Flavius J. Hough farm, on section 32, in Macon, which he owned for five years, and in 1869 he purchased a very comfortable home in Ridgeway village, where he now resides. April 23, 1856, Edgar C. Van Vleet mar- ried Mary A. Waring, daughter of Joshua and Ruth Waring, of Ridgeway, this county, who died October 10, 1870, aged thirty- four. September 15, 1872, Mr. Van Vleet married Mrs. Mariette Hathaway, widow of James Hathaway, of Ridgeway, and daughter of John and Nancy (Zibble) Allen, of Ridgeway, by whom he has had three children, as follows: Arthur, born August 9, 1873; Edna, born June 14, 1875; Roy, born May 21, 1878; all born in Ridgeway. Mrs. Mariette Van Vleet was born in Ridgeway, this county, October 15, 1842. Her father, John Allen, was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., April 20, 1811. His wife, Nancy Zibble, was born in Warren county, N. Y., April 20, 1817.
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AVID STEVER was born in Harpersfield, Ashtabula county, Ohio, July 11, 1818. His father, Peter Stever, was born in Schoharie county, N. Y., in 1764, where he was married and lived until 1804. He then moved to Geauga (now Lake) county, Ohio, where he purchased a farm and resided until about the year 1816, when he went to Harpersfield, Ashtabula
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county, purchased a farm and lived there until a short time before his death, which occurred May 18, 1850. Previous to the year 1800, he married Patty Hill, of Schoharie county, N. Y., by whom he had eight children, David being the youngest. Mrs. Patty Stever was a native of Schoharie county, was born in 1770, and died in Harpersfield, March 16, 1852. Peter Stever's ancestors came from Germany, and Patty Stever's came from England. David Stever lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years old. When he was eighteen years old he went to learn the carpenter's trade, in the village of Ashtabula, which he followed more or less until 1870. He resided in Ashtabula until about the 1st of October, 1852, when he came to Michigan and settled on section 6, town of Ogden, about one half mile north of the Ohio State line, where he has resided ever since, with the exception of about three years, when he lived in Madison. He has cleared up a good farm in Ogden, built a large frame house, with an abundance of barns and other conveniences. In 1854 he was elected justice of the peace, since which time he has served in that capacity for seven- teen years. In 1867 he was elected supervisor of Ogden, and served six consecutive years. He has also served as township ditch commissioner, and as highway commissioner. During the first few years of his residence in Lenawee county, he built many of the first frame houses in Ogden, his work extending into the town of Madison, and nearly to the city of Adrian. He built many of the best farm houses of the south-eastern portion of the county, besides putting up a number of saw-mills and a great, many barns. July 20, 1844, David Stever married Effie A. Rus- sell, daughter of Jonathan and Cynthia Russell, of Trumbull Ashtabula county, Ohio, by whom he has had six children, as fol- lows: Caroline, born January 23, 1847, died June 3, 1852; Hen- ry J., born in Harpersfield, Ashtabula county, Ohio, March 20, 1848, a carpenter and joiner of Ogden. He was a soldier in the U. S. army for two years and a half. Stephen J., born in Ogden, July 30, 1853, a resident of Fairfield; Arthur G., born in Madi- son, March 5, 1859, at home; Carrie S., born in Ogden, Decem- ber 11, 1860, now the wife of Edgar Franklin, of Amboy, Fulton county, Ohio. One son died at the age of two years. Mrs. Effie A. Stever was born in Edinburgh, Saratoga county, N. Y., Octo- ber 20, 1827, went to Ohio with her parents in 1840, and settled in Trumbull, Ashtabula county. In 1850 they came to Michigan and settled on section 6, town 9, in Ogden, where they now re- side. Her father was born in Northhampton, Montgomery county, N. Y., July 20, 1797. He was the son of Daniel and Maria (Vanness) Russell, and has always been a farmer. He has been
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blind about three years. October 7, 1820, he married Cynthia Deming, daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Andrus) Deming, by whom he has had nine children, Mrs. Stever being the fourth child and third daughter.
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R. ALEXANDER W. SEGER was born in Chittenden, Rutland county, Vt., October 15, 1822. His father, Aaron Seger, was born in the same place, April 26, 1794, where he resided until he was about twenty-one, when he went to the State of New York, and worked in nail factories in Lansingburgh and Troy for several years. In 1821 he returned to Chittenden, Vt., where he purchased a farm and lived until his death, which occurred October 9, 1863. He was a prominent man in his town- ship, and held nearly all the offices of the town. He was a man of strict integrity, honorable and fair in all transactions, and fol- lowed the teachings of his father, Elijah Seger, who was a Puri- tan, a patriot and a soldier in the war for independence. January 1, 1822, Aaron Seger married Rebecca Harrison, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Harrison, by whom he had eight children, Alexander W. being the oldest. Mrs. Rebecca Seger was born in Chittenden, Vt., April 8, 1792, and died July 10, 1876. Her parents came from London, England, and settled in Chittenden. Her father was a school teacher in England, and was a com- missioned officer in the American army of the revolution. Her mother's maiden name was Rebecca Keeler. Dr. Alexander W. Seger lived with his parents on the farm until he was twenty-one, when he went to Middlebury, Vt., and spent four years in the office of Dr. J. G. Ross, studying medicine three years, and practic-
ing one year. In the winter of 1846-7 he attended lectures at the Woodstock Medical college. In the spring of 1847 he went to the Worcester Medical college, and graduated the following July. He then came to Michigan, arriving in Adrian the latter part of July, and shortly afterward purchased a farm on section 22, in Rome. In the spring of 1848 he went to Rome Centre, and com- menced the practice of medicine, which he continued there until 1870, when he sold his property in Rome and moved to the city of Adrian, where he now resides and follows his profession. He pur-
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chased a fine residence of W. H. Stone, on the corner of Michigan avenue and Madison stree:s. Besides attending to his professional duties, he carried on the drug business in Adrian about three years. The Doctor now owns a farm in Dover and one in Rome, and is actively engaged in a lucrative practice. September 30, 1847, Dr. Alexander W. Seger married Philura M. Stockwell, daughter of Curtis W. and Therina Stockwell, of Rome, this county, by whom he had five children, as follows: Ellen J., born July 20, 1848, now the wife of W. A. Lord, of St. Joseph, Mo .; Lucy T., born June 26, 1850, died September 17, 1851; Viola M., born April 20, 1853, now the wife of James Schaffer of Adrian; Ida Adell, born March 30, 1856, died July 28th, same year; Aaron W., born May 5, 1858, died in infancy. Mrs. Philura M. Seger was born in Yates, Orleans county, N. Y., March 24, 1825, and came to Mich- igan with her parents, and settled in Rome about the year 1835. She died January 20, 1859. October 11, 1859, Dr. Seger married Olive L. Eggleston, daughter of James and Lydia Eggleston, of Pittsfield, Rutland county, Vt., by whom he has had three chil- dren, as follows: Frank G., born January 9, 1861; Fred. R., born February 3, 1863; Mattie R., born December 19, 1867. Mrs. Olive L. Seger was born in Rutland, Vt., April 30, 1827. Her father was born in Rutland, January 1, 1798, and died in Pitts- field, Rutland county, Vt., in September, 1863. Her mother was born in Ware, N. H., March 14, 1805, and now resides with her in Adrian. Dr. Seger has always been a strictly temperate man, having never tasted a drop of intoxicating liquor, or smoked or chewed any tobacco.
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R. FRANCIS GRANDY was born in Root, Montgomery county, N. Y., December 31, 1826. His father, Edmund Grandy, was born in New Hampshire, March 1, 1782, where he lived until he was six years old, when his father, Parker Grandy (who was a farmer, and served seven years as a soldier in the Revolutionary war), moved to Vermont, but only lived there a few years, when he moved into the State of New York and set- tled near Lake George. Edmund Grandy was brought up a farmer, and owned a farm in Montgomery county. In the year
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1848 he came to Michigan and purchased a farm of A. J. Dean, in Raisin (it being a part of the original Darius Comstock farm in the "Valley"), where he resided until his death, which occurred February 2, 1856. In 1803 Edmund Grandy married Dorcas Dean, daughter of James and Phebe Dean, of Queensbury, War- ren county, N. Y., by whom he had fifteen children, eleven sons and four daughters, Francis being the twelfth child. Mrs. Dorcas Grandy was born near New York city, March 12, 1785, and died in Raisin, this county, in 1859. Dr. Francis Grandy lived with his parents until he was twenty-one years old, and was brought up a farmer. After he became of age he commenced teaching school and studying medicine. In the spring of 1849 he went to Charles- ton, Montgomery county, N. Y., as a student in the office of Dr. Shibley, and after studying three years and attending the Uni- versity at Ann Arbor, he commenced the practice of medicine in Fairfield village, this county, where he has resided ever since. He soon gained the confidence and esteem of the inhabitants of Fair- field, and since the second year of his residence there has enjoyed their patronage and good will. In 1871 he opened a drug and grocery store at Fairfield, and soon built up a good business, which he still retains. In 1853 he was appointed postmaster of Fair- field by President Franklin Pierce, and held the position for about two and a half years, when he resigned. He has never held but one political office in his life (town clerk), believing, with Henry Clay, that "it was better to be right than be an office-holder." He has always been a Democrat (although his father was a Whig), and commenced hurrahing for Andrew Jackson in 1832. In October, 1858, he was initiated into the mysteries of Masonry, and became a member of Adrian Lodge, No. 19, and since that time has become a member of Adrian Chapter and Commandery, and is a member of the Detroit Consistory. In 1870 he became a member of Christ church, of Adrian. July 11, 1852, Dr. Francis Grandy married Experience, daughter of Abram and Cynthia Eddy, of Berlin, Ionia county, Mich., by whom he had one son, Algernon S., born in Fairfield, November 3, 1853. Mrs. Experience Grandy was born in Vermont, and died in Fairfield, April 4, 1870. March 13, 1871, he married Mrs. Anna E. Bacon, widow of Charles C. Bacon, of Ripley, Huron county, Ohio, and daughter of David T. and Elizabeth Maynard, by whom he has had three chil- dren, as follows: Frank M., born in Fairfield, November 5, 1871; Agnes E., born in same place, August 26, 1873, died October 30, 1877; Victor A., born in same place, May 20, 1879. Mrs. Anna E. Grandy was born in Ripley, Huron county, Ohio, December 15, 1838. She is the mother of one daughter, Fanny Lois, by her
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first husband, Charles C. Bacon, born August 1, 1861, in Fairfield, Huron county, Ohio. Her father, David T. Maynard, was born July 29, 1808, in New York. In September, 1833, he married Elizabeth Whiting, daughter of Alanson and Anna Whiting, of Seneca county, N. Y., by whom he had six children, Mrs. Grandy being the third child and oldest daughter. Mr. Maynard is still living in Huron county, Ohio. Mrs. Maynard was born in New York, May 22, 1813, and died in Ohio, January 12, 1863.
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AMES BOYD, JR., was born in Forthtown, near Claughwater, Antrim county, Ireland, November 22, 1812. He lived there until the spring of 1819, when his parents came to America and settled in Groveland, Livingston county, N. Y., where his father purchased a farm and lived until his death, which occurred in 1820. His father's name was James Boyd, who was a native of Antrim country, Ireland, and was born in 1770, probably of Scotch ancestors. About the year . 1805 James Boyd, Sr., married Jane Boyd, daughter of Andrew and Jane Boyd, of Antrim conntv, by whom he had five children, James Jr., being the third child. Mrs. Jane Boyd was born in Antrim county in 1781, and died at Mount Morris, N. Y., in 1853. After the death of his father, James Boyd, Jr., lived with his mother on the farm until he was about twenty years old, and with his elder brother carried on the farm. In the spring of 1833, James Boyd, Jr., came to Michigan, arriving in Tecumseh in May. He came in quest of a farm, and immediately took possession of 80 acres of land on section 15, in Raisin, which his brother Robert, who came in a year or two previons, had located for him. When James went on to this land it was entirely new, there never hav- ing been a tree eut at that time. He erected a log house and cleared about six acres that year, and sowed wheat, and notwith- standing the stumps and grubs, he got between twenty-five and thirty bushels per acre the next year. Since that time he has added to his farm, until he now owns 280 aeres, having cleared himself over eighty aeres. He has erected a large brick house on an elevated spot, retired from the road, and surrounded by a beautiful grove of indigenous trees, besides all kinds of fruit and
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foliage trees. Since Mr. Boyd's residence in Michigan, it has been his ambition and desire to see the country of his choice become developed, improved and beautified, and he has lent every effort and given very liberally to all enterprises and projects that tended to that end. Especially has he been interested in the establishment of schools and churches, and all institutions that would lend an influence to the moral and intellectual development of society. He has always taken a patriotic interest in the politics of the country, but never to the neglect of his own affairs. He has never sought nor held office, was an early convert to the democratic doctrine, and is still consistent and earnest. February 2, 1853, James Boyd was married to Nancy Richard, daughter of Archi- bald and Jane Richard, of Raisin, by whom he has had four ehil- dren, as follows: Robert M., born November 1, 1853, a farmer of Raisin ; James A., born August 30, 1856, at home; Archie R., born August 10, 1858, at home; Sarah Jane, born August 20, 1860, at ho me. Mrs. Nancy Boyd was born at Fleming Hall, Antrim county, Ireland, January 1: 1822. [For her family relation see William Richard's record, in the first volume of this work. ]
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RTIMUS SIGLER was born in Fowler, Trumbull coun- ty, Ohio, February 28, 1823. He is the son of Urial and Isabell (Hall) Sigler, who were pioneers of Fowler, going there from Connecticut, purchasing a farm in the woods, clear- ing it up and living there until their deaths, his father dying May 11, 1854, aged 59, and his mother July 22, 1858, aged 59. Ar- timus was brought up on the farm, being one of ten children, eight of whom are now living. He lived on the farm until he was twenty-six years old, when he commenced selling goods from house to house, carrying two old fashioned tin trunks, but after about one year he purchased a horse and wagon and traveled through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis- consin and Michigan, and at the end of six years sold out. He then commenced clerking in Warren, Ohio, for Julius Vautraut, who, after about three months, proposed that Mr. Sigler select some flourishing town in which to open a jewelry store. Adrian was selected, and in the spring of 1854 Mr. Sigler opened a store on Maumee street, almost upon the same ground where his store
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now stands. Mr. Vautraut was an equal partner for one year, when his interest was purchased by A. B. Gillett. Mr. Sigler has remained in business in Adrian continuously ever since, and has no reason to regret his selection of a business point, and home. He has always been a successful business man, and his dealings with the community have invariably been honorable and satisfac- tory. Mr. Sigler during the past twenty-five years has been a member of the Adrian Horticultural Society, and has been one of the most successful growers of small fruits, grapes and raspberries comprising the principal varieties. His grapes have invariably taken the first and second premiums at the State and. county fairs, where he has exhibited them. At one time he had two acres of the choicest raspberries under cultivation. Mr. Sigler was brought up a Democrat in politics, and always voted that ticket until after the Lincoln-Douglas campaign, when he espoused the Republican cause, and has remained with them ever since. March 21, 1854, Artimus Sigler married Hattie Horton, daughter of Roswell and Sylvia Horton, of East Rushford, Alleghany county, N. Y. Mrs. Hattie Sigler was born in Madison, Vt., March 17, 1833, and moved with her parents to Alleghany county, N. Y., in 1837. Her father was a native of Windsor, was born August 29, 1805, and died in Ashtabula, Ohio, April 14, 1860. He was always a farmer. April 18, 1825, he married Sylvia Bowers, daughter of Henry and Eunice (Reed) Bowers, of Windsor, Vt., by whom he had ten children, Mrs. Sigler being the third child and second daughter. Mrs. Sylvia Horton was born in Windsor, May 15, 1807, and still survives her husband, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Sigler, in Adrian.
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ICHARD KENT, JR., was born in Derry, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, August 3, 1825. He resided there with his parents on a farm, until the fall of 1835, when he came to Michigan and settled in Logan (now Adrian township,) on section 33, about two miles west of the center of the village of Adrian. The land was originally located by a man named Woodruff, in 1829, who sold it to Alfred Badlong, who in 1835 sold it to Richard Kent, Sr. Richard Jr. assisted his father
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in clearing up the farm, which has always been his home. At the death of his father he purchased the interest of the other heirs in the homestead, and still owns it. In 1864 he purchased a house and lot on West Maumee street, in Adrian, where he has passed his winters, for the purpose of educating his children. When Richard was about twenty years of age, he commenced teaching school, and during seven years he taught in Woodstock, Dover, Madison and Adrian. He had also studied civil engineering, and
had considerable experience in assisting his father, who was an en- gineer. Richard has followed surveying more or less ever since, and has been a candidate several times on the Democratic ticket for county surveyor, but was beaten by his brother Burton, who was a Republican, which party was largely in the majority in the county. In the spring of 1868 he was elected Supervisor of
Adrian township, and was re-elected the following spring. He also held the office of school inspector for about ten years. Feb- ruary 24, 1859, Richard Kent married Miss Ellen M. Reynolds, daughter of Stephen and Sally Reynolds, of Derry, New Hamp- shire, by whom he has had two children, as follows: Lucy M., born in:Adrian, July 5, 1861, at home; Louise S., born same
place, January 2, 1864, at home. Mrs. Ellen M. Kent was born in Derry. N. H., July 15, 1830, and came to Michigan with her husband in 1859. Her father was born in Derry, N. H., in 1767, and died there on his farm in 1848. He was the son of General Daniel Reynolds, who was also a native of Derry, and served as a
commanding officer through the Revolutionary war. Stephen
Reynolds married Sally Ela, daughter of Samuel F. Ela, of Derry, N. H., by whom he had eight children, Mrs. Ellen M. Kent being the youngest. Mrs. Sally Reynolds was born in Derry, June 2, 1786, and died there in September, 1861. Richard Kent Jr's. father, Hon. Richard Kent, was born in Newburyport, Mass., Oc- tober 30, 1786. He was the son of Mariner and Sarah Kent, of Newburyport, Mass. Mariner Kent was the son of Richard Kent, Jr., and grandson of Richard Kent, Sr., of England. Mariner Kent was born August 14, 1757, and moved to Londonderry, N. H., in 1798, and died there December 7, 1843. His wife, Sarah Kent, died the same year.
Richard Kent, Jr,, was born in 1710, and married Miss Hannah Norton, of Boston, in 1734, and died at Newburyport, Mass., in 1794. His wife, Mrs. Hannah Kent, died in 1790. Hon. Richard Kent was brought up a farmer, but received a good education, being a graduate of the Londonderry academy. He taught school for several years, and practiced sur- veying at times .. He owned a farm about two miles east of the village of Londonderry, where he brought up his family. About
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the year 1809 he married Miss Lois Ela, daughter of David and Nancy Ela, of Londonderry, by whom he had five sons and one daughter, Richard being the fifth child. Mrs. Lois Kent was born at Londonderry, April 1, 1788, and died in Adrian, Mich., February 5, 1876. Her father, David Ela, was a native of the same place. Her mother, Miss Nancy Ela, was the daughter of Deacon Samuel Fisher, who came to this country in 1740, in the nineteenth year of his age. He was born in the north of Ireland, but of Scottish descent. The ship in which he came to this coun- try was usually spoken of as the " The Starved Ship." The vessel was so scantily supplied with provisions, that long before the voy- age was completed one pint of oat-meal, for each indivdual on board, and a proportionate allowance of water, was all that re- mained. Mr. Fisher once went to the mate with a table-spoon to obtain some water, which was refused him, there being but two- thirds of a junk bottle full on board. Mr. Fisher's custom was to take a table spoonful of meal daily, and having moistened it with salt water, to eat it raw. The passengers and crew having subsisted in this manner for fourteen days, were at length reduced to the necessity of eating the bodies of those who died. Even this resource failed them, and at length Mr. Fisher was selected to give up his life to preserve the lives of the rest. Providentially, however, a vessel hove in sight, and their signals of distress being observed, they obtained relief and were saved. So deep an im- pression did the horrors of that passage make upon the mind of Mr. Fisher, that, in after life, he could never see, without pain, the least morsel of food wasted, or a pail of water thrown carelessly upon the ground. Richard Kent lived on his farm in Adrian township until he died, in August, 1867. He was a man of prom- inence in his township. He represented Lenawee county in the State Senate about the years 1852-3. He was twice elected super- visor of his township, and was for several years township school inspector.
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TILLIAM LEHMAN was born in Menzingen, Baden, Germany, October, 29, 1825. He was the son of Jacob and Augusta Lohman, and at the age of fifteen went to Eegsterheim, in Baden, where he learned the brewing business, af- terwards going to Guglingen, Wurtemburg, and followed brewing (47)
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about two years. When he was twenty years old he was con- scripted into the army, and attached to the 2d Regiment of Drag- oons, being in active service four years, when he was paroled, but was liable to be called on at any time in case of any outbreak or trouble during the two following years. He remained in Germany and followed brewing until 1852, when he came to America, arriving in New York, July 23d. He immediately found employ- ment in Daniel Winken's brewery, and remained there until the fall of: 1857. He then came to Michigan and worked in the Pe- ninsular brewery in Detroit until August, 1859, when he came to Adrian, formed a partnership with Joseph Pfeiffer, and established the Union brewery, on North Main street. After about seven years he purchased Mr. Pfeiffer's interest, and has carried on the business alone ever since. The brewery is an extensive one, the buildings being of brick, large and commodious, with all the ap- pliances and conveniences necessary in a first class institution. Mr. Lehman came to Adrian with a limited capital, but was a practical brewer, an industrious, economical and prudent man, man- ufactured the best of beer, did a fair and honorable business, and in a short time established a prosperous and profitable trade. His beer is considered by connoisseurs as good as can be had in the market, and is always in demand to the full extent of his fa- cilities for manufacturing. While Mr. Lehman has been prosper- ous, he has at the same time been generous, and has liberally aided all enterprises that have promised growth and prosperity to Adrian. July 28, 1853, William Lehman married Ann Cimmer- man, daughter of Franc and Odelia (Nade) Cimmerman, of Hes- sen, Darmstadt, by whom he has had two children, as follows: Anna, born in Adrian, November 6, 1859, now the wife of Bern- hold A. Kaiser, of Adrian ; one daughter died in infancy. Mrs. Ann Lehman was born in Hessen, November 5, 1823, and came to America with her sister, in 1850. Her parents were natives of Hessen, where they always lived. Her father was a stone-cutter, and owned a quarry, manufacturing building and mill stones.
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