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John French was born in Hopewell, Ontario Co., N.Y., April 23, 1811. He lived in Buffalo and married there, in 1831, Nancy Loth- rage; they came to Michigan in 1833, first to Ann Arbor. By this marriage Mr. French had 3 children-the eldest, Moses J., now Deputy Sheriff of Jackson county, residence Jackson; Hannah M., who died in her 18th year, and Elizabeth, now Mrs. John Denton, of Jackson. Mr. French's first wife died in Spring Arbor in the fall of 1840. He was married again Jan. 3, 1844, to Almira M. Spratt, who was born in Washington county, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1818; she came to Michigan in 1835. The children by this marriage- Maria, now Mrs. John Cogswell (see sketch on page 1064); Martha A. and Joseph A. Mr. French has been connected with public matters for several years, and is one of the Board of Trustees of the Spring Arbor Seminary.
Chester S. Gitchell was born Dee. 8, 1834, in Parma, Monroe Co., N. Y. His father, Rev. David D. Gitchell, was born Aug.
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8, 1807, in Vermont, and died Dec. 27, 1877, in Mishawaka, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Alniira Handy, his mother, was born March 29, 1812, in Connecticut, and died in Mishawaka in the fall of 1842. His father married Almira Handy in the winter of 1831. Nancy, their eldest, was born in Parma, Monroe Co., N. Y., June 16, 1832, and died in Michigan February, 1857. Maria S. was born May 10, 1836, in Parma. Chester came with his parents to Ba Bago, St. Joseph Co., Mich., the summer of 1836. Leman Gitchell was born in this place in 1838, and die d in Mishawaka in the fall of 1840. Early in the fall his family moved to Mishawaka. James H. was born in the spring of 1841, and died here in the fall of 1845. Rev. D. D. Gitchell, father, married for his second wife Rebecca Curtiss, who bore him 2 children, Almira and Eliza, in Mishawaka, and died in this place in 1849. In the spring of 1851 Rev. Mr. G. married Mrs. Mary Ann Curtiss, sister to his second wife, who bore him 2 children-Didama and James D.
Chester was sent to a select school for several years, and after- ward attended the Northwestern University of Chicago. March 16, 1854, he was united in matrimony to Miss Nancy Shick, of Elkhart county, Ind., and moved to Elkhart village, where they resided two years, and where their first child, John D., was born Nov. 11, 1856, and died in Grove City, Christian Co., Ills. He moved with his family to this place in the spring of 1857. Delilalı M. was born in Grove City, April 6, 1858. Didama S. was born. Aug. 5, 1860, in Blueville, of the same county, and is now the wife of Francis Crouch, of Jackson county, Mich. Chester S. experienced religion Aug. 19, 1859, and in the fall of 1861 moved to Evanston, Ill., where he took a theological course in the Garrett Biblical Institute of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In the fall of 1863 he joined the Free Methodist Church, and took work in the Illinois Conference, and Clintonville, Kane Co., was his first circuit. Here Mary S. was born, Feb. 6, 1864. IIe preached two years in Illinois, one in Indiana, then one in Michigan. Willis F. was born Jan. 6, 1867, in London, Monroe Co., Mich. The next year, conference sent him back to Indiana, where he remained two years; then was sent to Richland county, Ohio. Benjamin F. was born in this county Jan. 3, 1870. Two years in Ohio, three more in Indiana, then the remaining time the family were in Mich- igan, principally in Spring Arbor. Mirtie, their youngest, was born Feb. 22, 1877, in Spring Arbor, and died Sept. 29, 1877, in Coopersville, Ottawa Co., Mich.
John Shick, Mrs. G.'s father, was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1808, and moved to Stark county, Ohio. Sarah Palmer, her mother, was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1808. Her parents were married in 1831. Mary, their eldest child, was born April 20, 1832, in Springfield, Stark Co. Nancy, their second child, was born Dec. 5, 1834, in Springfield. Urias F. was born in Springfield, Sept. 1, 1837. In the fall of 1840 the family moved to Medina county, Ohio. Lydia was born in Wadsworth, Medina Co., Sept. 8, 1842. Amos was born May 14, 1844, in Wadsworth,
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and died in the army near Vicksburg. Susan was born in June, 1846, and died three years of age. The family moved to Elkhart county, Ind., where Lovina was born February, 1849, and died in the spring of 1854. The family were of German descent.
Hulbert Halsted, sec. 35; P. O., Horton; he was born at Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1828. He came to Jackson county when a boy, with his stepfather, and settled in the south part of Liberty; and there, near the old Chicago turnpike, he helped to break up the oak openings when a mere boy, driving " breaking- up " teams, barefooted, and often working beyond the strength of his slight frame, not attaining man's size until after he became a voter. But by hard work and exchange of land and farms he has now one of the best in the county. Feb. 16, 1862, after a home had been procured, Mr. Halsted married Mrs. Jenette McMichael, daughter of Daniel O. and Sally Lee, old settlers here from Niag- ara county, N. Y. She was the widow of Allen McMichael, by whom she had 2 children-Sylvester, born Oct. 15, 1851, died May 18, 1875; and Eliza M., born Nov. 18, 1852, now Mrs. Wm. Vroman, who also has had 2 children-Burt, born May 2, 1875, and Freddy, born May 14, 1876, and died Jan. 27, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Halsted have 1 boy-Charles N., born Dec. 25, 1865. Her father, Daniel O. Lee, died Oct. 16, 1849, aged 48 years, 11 months and 20 days. Her brothers and sisters are deceased- John died July 24. 1852; Mary died May 13, 1844, in her 18th vear; Isaac died Aug. 8, 1858, also in his 18th year; and Ira died July 4, 1868, in his 23d year. For further particulars of the Lee family, see sketch of Abraham Lee, in Summit tp.
Porter S. Harrington was born April 14, 1842, in Summit, this county; his father, Charles Harrington, came into Jackson county in an early day, and to Spring Arbor, on sec. 15, where he now lives with several of his children settled around him on beautiful farms. Porter was married April 14, 1868, to Miss Lina M. Teft, who was born in Spring Arbor, April 25, 1848; she was the daughter of one of the pioneers of the county-V. J. Teft, who died in 1854; her mother died in 1851; both are buried in the Spring Arbor cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have 1 child-Cora, born Sept. 11, 1873. They have a beautiful home on the Spring Arbor road, a fine farm of some 200 acres of as good strong land as Jackson county can produce; P. O., Spring Arbor.
Judge Barnabas C. Hatch (deceased), of Spring Arbor tp., was born in August, 1809; emigrated from Steuben county, N. Y., about 1837. He was deprived of school advantages in youth, and when married had no education; but through his own efforts, assisted by an excellent wife, he attained a degree of culture superior to most persons enjoying much better opportunities. The Judge was married in 1829, and his children are-Eliza J., now Mrs. W. J. Weeks; George N., the next mentioned; James E., Hanover; Sylvanus C., died Ang. 6, 1849; John O., Hanover; Barnabas C., Jr., Helen H., now Mrs. James F. Brown; Charles B., Harriet A., afterward Mrs. J. B. Weeks, died June 23, 1875,
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and Lewis Cass. Upon arriving in Jackson county, the only capi- tal he possessed was an extraordinary supply of common sense, industry and energy; these, had it not been for a proverbial lib- erality, would have made him very wealthy; but as it was, he earned a competence for declining years, and besides, as each son became of age and married he was fitted out with a good farm. Judge Hatch's generosity and public spirit led him to take great interest in, and to labor for, the advancement of Jackson city and county. That he was highly esteemed as a neighbor and citizen was well attested by the calls made upon him to fill official posi- tions. He represented his tp. in the county Board of Supervisors eight or ten terms; held the office of Justice of the Peace 20 years; served some time as second Assistant County Judge: was chosen Representative to the Legislature in 1849, and was soon after elected County Judge. In all these positions he discharged his du- ties with signal ability and fidelity. To rare intellectual endow- ments Judge Hatch supplemented a fine sense of honor and un- swerving integrity of character. He died Feb. 22, 1874, leaving a family of 8 children and a valuable estate.
George N. Hutch, son of the preceding, was born June 13, 1832, in Steuben county, N. Y .; he came to Spring Arbor with his father, Judge Barnabas C. Hatch, in 1835. He was married Nov. 26, 1854, to Ann Hutchins, whose father, Jacob Hutchins, came to Michigan in 1843, to Summit. Their children are -- James B., born July 5, 1856; Eleanor E., Sept. 10, 1858. Mrs. Hatch died Jan. 6, 1879, and is buried in the cemetery south of Baldwins. Mr. Hatch has taken a prominent part in the affairs of the county for years. He is the Supervisor of Spring Arbor at the present time and has held the office many years. His farm is one of the best in the county; situated on sec. 35, about a mile from Baldwins. He married again March 25, 1880, Mrs. Frances A. Gildersleave. P. O., Horton.
Amasa F. Hawkins was born in Oswego county, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1828; came West with his parents and located in Jackson county in 1835; married Ruth Amelia Hubbard, of Lenawee county, Mich., Dec. 27, 1852. They have 9 children, viz .: Amasa Hub- bard and Francis Wayland, deceased: Ella Amelia, Cora V., Delia Maud, Francis Wallace, Angie, Amasa and Jessie J. Mr. Hawkins owns 180 acres in sec. 5, Spring Arbor tp., where he resides; is independent in politics; religiously is in sympathy with the Unitarians. P. O., Parma.
Henry S. Holcomb was born in Ulster county, N. Y., June 12, 1800. May 9, 1821, he married Jane Slaughter, born in Steuben county, N. Y., April 12, 1805. He came to Spring Arbor July 3, 1833; entered 4 eighties of land on sec. 25. They have a large fam- ily, now mostly residents of Michigan, and nearly 40 grandchil- dren. Their children are-Charles Horton, the oldest, is deceased; Christian, John, Diana, Sally, Nancy, and Daniel S., born Nov. 6, 1833; residence, Summit; P. O., Jackson; Eb. N., born Aug. 30, 1835; residence, Jackson; Margaret, Henry S., William T.,
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Edwin (deceased), Jane, Gertand and Amanda F. Mr. Holcomb died July 14, 1854; he was of Welsh descent. Mrs. Holcomb's father and grandfather on her mother's side were both Revolu- tionary soldiers, the latter being in the whole seven years of the war.
Clark Jones, the present principal and manager of the Spring Arbor Seminary, was born near Delta, Ohio, March 5, 1842. His parents were among the first settlers of that section, and were natives of the State of Vermont. After having lived in Ohio for some years they came to Michigan about 1850 and settled in Monroe county. Clark received his early education at a district school near his Michigan home, and worked on his father's farm. At the age of 21 he hired to his father to work on the farm for five months, after which he prepared himself for teaching, by attend- ing the Monroe high school, where he prepared for college; in the fall of 1868, he entered the Michigan State University. After completing a course of study there he assumed charge of various schools in the East, after which he returned to Michigan and as- sumed the principalship of the Spring Arbor Seminary, opening the school May 5, 1873. Here he continued until 1875, and then retired for one year, devoting his time to religious work until the spring of 1877, when, by request, he returned and assumed full control of the school in all its departments.
Charles Furner King was born July 7, 1846; he married Miss Frank C., Sept. 3, 1873, of Albion, this State, daughter of Lafayette and Casline Silliman, from New England and New York; they have 3 children-Herbert Charles, born Feb. 28, 1876; Floss Caroline, born July 2, 1877, and Fadge Harriet, born June 13, 1880. They now live on his farm three miles south of Parma, part of which was the old homestead taken up in an early day by his father, Furner King, who died Dec. 17, 1880, in his 64th year. His second wife, Nancy, nee Perry, the mother of the subject of this sketch, died Sept. 27, 1874. For a young man Mr. King has a splendid start in life, a good farm and home. P. O., Parma, Mich. ^
Theodore A. King, with his father and mother, Fenner and Eliza (Godfry) King, came to Spring Arbor from the State of New York, in the spring of 1837, and settled on sec. 7. Fenner King was born in Connecticut, April 17, 1807; he was married in New York State, March 28, 1832; his wife was born Dec. 4, 1814. They had 1 son older than Theodore-Fayette, born March 4, 1833, who died in his 36th year; a younger brother, James Henry, born Oct. 13, 1836, was scalded soon after his mother's death, whichi occurred on Nov. 2, 1838. Theodore's father married a second wife, Nancy Perry. Theodore A. King and Delia M. Chapel were married April 7, 1850. Their eldest son, Fenner D., died March 11, 1864, aged 5 years, 1 month and 13 days. They have 3 children living: Royal H., Eva Delia, and Theodore Ray, who is just nine years of age. Jessie and Josie, twins, were born Dec. 21, 1874, and died in infancy. Mrs. King is the second daughter of
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David and Sarah Chapel, old and esteemed residents of Spring Arbor. Mr. and Mrs. King, with their 3 children in their beautiful home, with fine educational advantages given their children, are but typical of the many farm homes of Central Michigan, where can be found that elegance and refinement so often seen here. Mr. King has several hundred acres of fine wheat land bordering on Burr Oak Plain, equaling for beauty and pro- duction any of the farms of the West. He is a Republican and has filled many places of trust and responsibility. "P. O. address, Parma.
Charles Mattice was born Aug. 19, 1830, in Schoharie county, N. Y .; came to Michigan in 1846; was married to Mary A. Wil- cox, Nov. 29, 1853, in Otsego county, N. Y., daughter of Asa and Achsah (Mateson) Wilcox, natives of Vermont, who came to this county in 1836 and settled in Concord, on what is known as the Jerry Reynolds' farm, with their father, Samuel Wil- cox; the latter came some years previous, and died in 1861, aged 84 years; Asa Wilcox died in 1863, in his 66th year; his wife is living with the subject of this sketch, in her 75th year; her 2 sons, Eben and Spencer, are deceased; the elder died Dec. 23, 1875; the younger, Dec. 31,1862. Mr. and Mrs. Mattice have 1 son living- Edson, born Aug. 9, 1863. Mr. Mattice is one of the Board of Directors of the Seminary, and has done much to further its inter- ests since its organization.
Rev. Commodore Perry Miller was born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., April 18, 1843; in 1850 came to Genesee county, Mich., with his parents, Harvey and Esther A. (Slade) Miller; in 1864 he went to Illinois; Sept. 5, 1865, he married Maria P. Jones, third daughter of Alexander and Albine Jones, Massachusetts; com- menced in the ministry in 1867; in 1869 joined the Free Methodist Conference, and traveled three years; worked in Kansas, and was on several circuits in Illinois about seven years; came to Spring Arbor for the purpose of educating his children; they have had 7: Inez May, born Sept. 19, 1866, died Dec. 26, the same year; Eugene M., born Oct. 15, 1867; Frank H., born Sept. 19, 1869; Albert Berry, Aug. 2, 1871; Clara Lovina, March 1, 1875; Marcia Belle, Feb. 20, 1877; and Chester P., March 22, 1880. Mr. Miller came to Spring Arbor and bought a tract of land just north of the seminary, and laid it out in lots; originated a plat of the village, and has sold nearly all of his addition, having made many improvements the last year. He is now building a residence for himselt and several for others.
Amasa M. Pardee was born in Royal, Niagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 30, 1826; came to Michigan with his parents, Thomas Jefferson and Eleanor (Angel) Pardee, in June, 1832, and settled on sec. 27, not far from his pleasant home on sec. 28. Feb. 19, 1850, Amasa married Miss Julia La Due, of Albany, N. Y .; they have 3 children-Alice F., now Mrs. St. Clair Bean, Jr ., of Spring Arbor; Helen A., now Mrs. J. C. Knapp, Milbank, D. T., and Fenton J., born July 31, 1858. As Mr. Pardee came to
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Spring Arbor in June, 1832, he is probably the oldest resident in the town who came from other States, many of the oldest settlers that came in that year and the year before having passed away in the last few years. Mr. Pardee has held many places of trust in the town; is a staunch Republican, a member, with his family, of the M. E. Church of Spring Arbor, of which he has been Record- ing Steward for many years. P. O., Spring Arbor.
Cyrus Parmeter was born Dec. 14, 1797; was married Dec. 14, 1824, to Lany Widrick, born Nov. 24, 1804; their 4 children are living: Mary, now Mrs. Filo Curtis, of Jackson; Cary, Orlin and Albert, live on the old farm where the parents lived so many years. Mr. Parmeter died Dec. 27, 1880, aged over 83 years. His father, Jesse L. Parmeter, came to Michigan in a very early day, and struck the first blow in a blacksmith shop in Spring Arbor; the shop stood by the big spring on sec. 28. The family came from Vermont to Herkimer county, N. Y., and was among the first to settle in the south part of Spring Arbor.
Lewis R. Perkins was born in Cato, Caynga Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1816; he came to Michigan in 1836; traveled through the cen- tral part; passed on to the West; returning, he settled first on the county line in Henrictta, where, March 19, 1846, he married Cath- erine E. Pulver, born Oct. 22, 1820; they have 2 sons -- Francis L., born Jan. 13, 1848, and Joseph E., Nov. 17, 1857. Mr. Per- kin's grandfather, Joseph Perkins, of New York, enlisted when 16 years old in Washington's army as one of his body guards; he and his brother James went through the whole Revolutionary war. Simon Pulver, the father of Mrs. Perkins, was born in Massachu- setts; her mother, Sarah Strong, New Hartford, Conn .; her mother's family name was Payne, and of English origin. Mr. Perkins, as well as his father, was an old line Whig until the forma- tion of the Republican party; is always liberal in his views, and be- lieves the national debt of our country should be paid in the money of our Government. He has been a great reader and has taken a deep interest in the affairs of his country. Residence, sec. 23, near Snyder's station. P. O., Spring Arbor.
John G. Perrine was born in Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, 1810; came to Michigan in November, 1831; went back to New York and Ang. 22, 1834,he was married to Mary C. Tripp; returning, they settled on a farm bought from the Government. Mr. Perrin has the deed from Martin Van Buren for part of his farm on see. 10. Here he has lived and reared a family of intelligent children, as follows: Ruth Ann, now Mrs. Seth Abbot, of Abbot's corners, Erie county, N. Y .; Emma, Noah W. (deceased); Jennie; John H., residence Jackson, and Della. Noah W. died Feb. 12, 1879. Mr. Perrine's parents, Henry and Esther (Gilbert) Perrine, died in Sand- stone. The family have been noted for their piety and uprightness of life. Many will remember the Rev. Mr. Perrine of this family who recently died at Albion College. The subject of this sketch has always been foremost in every good work of advancement; he
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was one of the first to vote the Abolition ticket; has been a Method- ist until a few years since, when he espoused the Advent doctrine with his family, and they have been instrumental in building up a church and society.
De Witt Pretty was born Jan. 23, 1832; came to Detroit in 1834, where he has lived most of the time since. Dec. 3, 1857, he married Catherine Collins-daughter of William and Ann ( Martin) Collins, who were old settlers of Detroit. Mr. Pretty came to Spring Arbor in the fall of 1876 with his family for the purpose solely of educating his children, of whom he has 9-Emma E., Adelaide A., George D., Arthur E., Phoebe, Albert. Alice F., Frank E. and Olney V. He engaged in mercantile business two or three years, then purchased a farm one-half mile west of the village; has now one of the best farms in Jackson county, bnving additions and making improvements, and spending fully $20,000. Mr. Pretty is one ot the Board of Trustees of the Spring Arbor Seminary and has always been foremost in every good work to further the interest of the institution and the Free Methodist Church of the place, under whose control the school has been in a very flourishing con- dition for some years.
Cornelius Roberts was born in Seneca, Ontario county, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1810; lived in New York, and at the age of 24 married Alvina York; they had 1 son, William Henry Harrison. Mrs. Roberts died Aug. 26, 1836, in her 20th year. Mr. Roberts then came to Michigan but went back and was married again, Feb. 26, to Mary Chambers and the next spring, 1837, moved to Spring Arbor and settled on the west quarter of sec. S. In 1842 he moved to his present homestead on see. 17. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts had 3 children-Mary A., Wilford, Millard Fillmore. Mr. R. lost his second wife Oct. 19, 1850; April 11. 1851, he married Abigail Welch, whose parents, Nelson and Sarah (Olds) Welch, came to Michigan in 1834 and settled in Leoni. His children by this wife are: Franklin J., Orlando, both in Minnesota; Tremont, now in Dakota; Herbert G., P. O., Spring Arbor; Cora; Irwin died Nov. 28, 1879, age 6 years and 2 days. Samuel Roberts, father of Cor- nelins, and his wife, Huldah (Dewey) Roberts, came to Jackson county and built the first house west of Jackson at Sandstone. where they kept tavern for some time.
Stephen H. Sears (deceased) was born Nov. 9, 1811, in Sharon, Conn .; came to Michigan in 1832 and took up a large tract of land on the Burr Oak plain, on secs. 34 and 35. Dec. 12, 1839, he mar- ried Miss Martha Hale, whose mother, Mrs. Abiel Tripp, came to Hanover in 1832 and built the first house on sec. 4 in that tp. She was also a niece of Dea. Wm. Smith. Mr. Sears' two sons still own and reside on the land he first entered: the oldest, Charles A., was born Nov. 20, 1844; resides now on sec. 35, P. O., Horton; the mother makes her home with this son; Newton H., who has nntil quite recently been engaged in the mercantile business at Horton, was born Oct. 19, 1854, and married Jan. 13, 1876, Miss
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Eulalia Wilson. He has recently built the finest residence on sec. 34 in the town. P. O., Horton, Mich. Stephen H. Sears died Nov. 26, 1877. He left a large estate, accumulated by hard work and good management; was always liberal to a fault, and no man had more friends than he; always a Republican, and liberal in religions views.
Aman Massnea Shipley was born in Spring Hill tp., Fayette Co., Pa. Oct. 15, 1806; lived there and married, April 5, 1827, Susan Saddler, born Nov. 6, 1805; they came to Knox county, Ohio, in 1834. Their children are: the eldest, Minerva, born Oct. 14, 1828, now Mrs. Wmn. B. Wollison, Stanwood, Iowa; Worthington, born Nov. 5, 1829, P. O., Howard, Ohio, Ann died, March 16, 1841, in her 10th year; Henry, born March 4, 1834, died April 12, 1834; Ben Francis, born June 29, 1836, P. O., Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Emma, who lives with her father in Spring Arbor; Agnes D., now Mrs. Calvin Miller, of Odin, Marion Co., Ill .; Eugene C., born Jan. 8, 1845, recently of Jackson, this State; Almon D., born Aug. 9, 1847, Delaware, Ohio; Dr. R. Sherman, born Oct., 26, 1852, Lindsey, Sandusky Co., Ohio. Mrs. Shipley died in Ohio, Nov. 16, 1872, but was buried at Jackson.
Erbert O. Spratt was born in Concord, Jackson Co., Feb. 5, 1856. His father, Gardner D. Spratt, came from Washington county Vt., to this county in 1835; March 12, 1851, he married Jane M. Mor- rell, daughter of one of the old settlers of Jackson county; he died April 7, 1856, in the 31st year of his age. Mrs. Spratt has since remained a widow. Erbert married July 3, 1879, Miss Julia O. Bright, who was born in Spring Arbor April 10, 1856; they have one of the first settled farms in the town, on sec. 20, known as the Benedict place; it is situated just north of the Air Line R. R. about a mile west and south of the college buildings, P. O. address, Spring Arbor.
Alfred F. Streeter was born May 30, 1805; his parents were from Vermont. He was married Mar. 13, 1827, at Batavia, N. Y., to Samantha Walton, who was born July 18, 1810. Their children are-Mortimer M., born Sept. 30, 1830; Alzina F., born Dec. 22, 1832; Charles B., born Mar. 11, 1839; James W., born Sept. 18, 1844; Alfred F., born Sept. 13, 1846; Caroline, born June 10, 1848; the 4 last were born on the farm four miles west of Jackson, where the family settled in 1835. Mr. Streeter died May 25, 1864; the widow lives on the farm of 200 acres, now over 70 years of age.
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