History of Jackson County, Michigan, Part 113

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Publication date: 1881
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his business he has met with fair success, and now has a well-im- proved farm of several hundred acres, with pleasant surroundings. By his neighbors he is looked upon as a man ever ready to do that which he knows to be right. He has met with his misfortunes in life, but has met them manfully, and in the struggle has always come ont the conqueror.

R. Lee Everett, Sr., son of William J. Everett, was born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in 1824; his father was the son of Tyler and Lucy Everett, both natives of Massachusetts. At the age of 10, R. Lee went with his parents to Cayuga county, N. Y. Here he married in 1849, Susan E. Stringham, daughter of Joseph Stringham, and they have 3 children -- R. Lee, William and Emily. In the spring of 1868, Mr. Everett removed to Charlotte, Mich., and in the fall of the same year came to the village of Springport.

R. Lee Everett, Jr., was born in Cayuga county, N. Y .. August, 1856, and came with his parents while a boy to Jackson county. He received his education in the school of his village, where he has lived with the exception of a year or two, which he spent in the West. He is a miller by trade, and plies his vocation in the only grist-mill of Springport. A few years ago he was made a Master Mason in the Springport Lodge. On the 23d of May, 1877, he married Esther A. Reed, daughter of Ephraim Reed, of Parma.

Warren C. Fuller, son of Truman and Martha Fuller, was born in the town of Hamlin, Eaton Co., Mich., in August, 1840. His parents were natives of Orleans county, N. Y., and came to Mich- igan at an early period. Mr. Fuller was raised in his native town, and was married in Jannary, 1862, to Eliza Houpt, daughter of Andrew Honpt; she died in December, 1862, leaving 1 child, who died in January, 1863. In February, 1864, Mr. Fuller enlisted in Co. R, 21st Mich., and was afterward transferred to Co. D, 14th Mich. In Oct. 1865, he married Lydia Dennis, daughter of Joseph and Mary Dennis, who was born on the farm on which she is now living in Springport, Aug. 8, 1843.

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They have 2 children-Elmer D., born in November, 1866, and Amanda, February, 1870. Mrs. Fuller's father, Joseph Dennis, had taken up the farm which Mr. Fuller now owns in 1838. He was a millwright by trade, and at this time unmarried. His brother, Cor- nelins, lived on the place and improved it, while he followed his trade in various parts of the country. He married Mary Evans, of Homer; she had come West with her sister, Mrs. Warren Sheldon, in 1838; the latter lives in Parma. After their marriage they moved npon the farm, where he died in June, 1847, leaving a wife and 2 children-Lydia, born in 1843, and Sarah Amanda, in 1845; the latter died in 1859. Five or six years after the death of her husband Mrs. Dennis married Francis Budine; they lived together but a short time, when Mr. B. died. In 1867 Mrs. Dennis went to live with her sister in Parma, where she staid until in 1874, when she came to Otter Creek, and put up a cottage on her farm where she. Mrs. Dennis, died Jan. 24, 1878.

D. S. Gillett, son of Charles and Dunna (Smith) Gillett, was born Dec. 19, 1817, in Tompkins county, N. Y. He was married Nov. 13, 1839, to Electa Mack, daughter of N. H. and Nancy (Wager) Mack; she was born in Tompkins county, Dec. 27, 1817. Mr. Gillett, in company with his wife and 2 children, came to Michigan in October, 1843, coming by water to Detroit, and from there to Springport by team. They stopped the first night with Thomas Cranson, one of the first settlers in the town. At the time they came here inany of their neighbors from New York had pre- ceded them, so that when they came to the woods of Michigan they were not entirely among strangers. Of their 5 children but 1 is living --- John M., who was born Nov. 17, 1840, in Tompkins county, N. Y. He was reared in Jackson county, and March 14, 1872, married Mary Worcester, daughter of Alphens and Adelia Worcester; she was born Nov. 22, 1841. They have 5 children- Addie E., Liddie A., Charles S., Hattie May, and Alpheus J .: the last 2 are twins. While a young man Mr. G. united with the Bap- tist Church, and for the past 20 years has been a Deacon in his Church. Mrs. Gillett joined the Presbyterian Church in Ludlow- ville, N. Y., and is still a worthy member of that society. They have always been engaged in farming, and with good success, hav- ing now a comfortable home and a good farm.

Mrs. Hannah Gillett, daughter of Wm. and Hannah, nee Max- well, was born in Stark county, Ohio, May 26, 1819. She lived there until she had reached the age of 14, when her family removed to Portage county, Ohio. She lived there until the fall of 1845, when she married Amon Gillett. Mr. Gillett was born in Roots- town, Portage Co., Ohio, May 26, 1820. In a few days after their marriage the young couple started for Michigan, to make their home in what was then called the far West. They located in Spring- port, Jackson county, where the family still live. Ifere 5 children were born to them, 4 of whom are yet living-William O., Julia E., Jay C. and Bert F., all living near where their parents settled

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many years ago. On the first of January, 1864, Mr. Gillett en- listed in the 1st Mich. Inf. While in Jackson he caught a severe eold, and when his regiment was sent to Grand Rapids he was taken siek and was unable to go with it, and died at that place Jan. 23, 1864. While young, both Mr. and Mrs. G. had united with the M. E. Church, and at the time of his death, held their membership at the Griffith Church. Mrs. G. still lives on tlie place to which she eame when a young bride from the home of her girlhood. The " old log " house has given way to one of modern style. The farm is now one of the best in the neighborhood.

George T. Griffith is a son of Daniel and Harriet Griffith, both born in the town of Danbury, Rutland Co., Vt., where they grew up and were married about 1816. Here their 5 sons were born -Hosea W., George T., Plynn W., Marshall and Henry D. In June. 1837, the family left their native home in Vermont, and. started for Michigan, George and his older brother coming through in a wagon, while the rest of the family came by way of the eanals and lakes to Detroit. They located 160 acres of land on see. 2 in the town of Springport, Jackson Co. As there were no improve- ments on the land, they resided with S. Reynolds until they could put up a log house. As time passed on the farm was improved, and soon grew to be one of the best in the neighborhood. The log house gave way to a more substantial and modern building, and ere the death of the father and mother they found themselves in a happy home, with plenty smiling at the door. They had both united with the M. E. Church while young, and remained worthy members of it until death ealled them away. They were among the members that organized the society near their place, which bears their name. In 1839 Mr. Griffith was appointed Postmaster of the Otter Creek office, which he held until the time of his death, except three months, when it was transferred to a place north of them. Since his death his son, George T., has attended the of- fiee. Mrs. G. died in 1847, in her 47th year. After her death Mr. G. returned to his native home in Vermont, where in 1849 he married Betsey Gared. After their marriage they came to Springport. She died here in July, 1864. In March, 1868, Mr. Griffith was taken away by death, in his 75th year. The boys are all living, exeept Plynn, who died at the age of 29 years, in 1850, near the old farm. George T., the subject of this sketeh, now lives on and owns the old home farm. He was born in 1819, and eame here when a lad 17 years of age, where he has spent his life. March 29, 1868, he married Lydia Griffith, daughter of Hiram and Betsey Griffith, of Vermont. She was born and reared in Rutland county, Vt. She died at her home in Springport, March 21, 1881.

Caroline Hammond, daughter of Ashbel and Minerva (Marvin) Hosford, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Rhode Island, was born in the town of Carman, Litehfield Co., Conn., June 18, 1818. When she was about three years of age

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her parents removed to the town of Lyons, Wayne county, N. Y., where she lived until she was married to John S. Brown, in Febru- ary, 1838. Mr. Brown is the son of Jeremiah and Wealthy Brown. He was born in Wayne county, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1814. Soon after their marriage they started for Michigan, coming by the way of Canada, and made the whole journey with an ox team, and arrived at what is known as Wade's Hill, in Tompkins tp., Jackson Co., on the 13th of May, 1838, and settled on sec. 7, where they spent many happy years, and where a family of 8 children were born to them, of whom but 3 are living-Luther C., Frank and John J. They had 1 son in the late war, Luther C., who enlisted in 1861 in Co. E, 20th Mich. Inf., and served for three years. Mr. Brown was a man that had always taken a great interest in education, and was known and esteemed all over his county. In his business affairs he had been quite successful and he had accumulated a large farm, one of the best improved in the county. He died here Sept. 21, 1857, and is buried in the graveyard near the old farm. April 17, 1873, Mrs. Brown married Hiram Hammond, of Ham- lin, Eaton Co. Mr. Hammond had come to this place at an early period from near Rochester, N. Y., and located his farm. He died Jan. 15, 1876, in his 67th year, having been a resident of Eaton county for over 40 years. He had a family of 3 children by a former wife, all of whom are now dead. He had held many of the offices of his town. Mrs. Hammond is a spiritualist, as was also her husband.

O. V. Hammond is a son of David Hammond, a native of Rhode Island. He came to Allegany county, N. Y., when a young man, and there married Parmelia Whitman, daughter of Josiah Whit- man, one of the pioneers of Springport. They had 4 children- Charlotte L., now Mrs. J. S. Osborn; Oren V., Hannah L .. now Mrs. A. B. Paine, and Edward, who was killed during the late Rebellion, in June, 1862, at Merrill Hill. Mr. Hammond removed to Michigan in the fall of 1836, stopping in Spring Arbor. He located 80 acres in the town of Springport, where he moved his family in the fall of 1838, and on which his son O. V. still lives. He died here, May 4, 1847; Mrs. Hammond lived here until Nov. 23, 1879, when she was laid by the side of her companion in the graveyard at Spring- port. They had both been members of the Baptist Church for many years. Oren V. was born in Allegany county, N. Y., April 20, 1829. He was a small boy when his father moved to the farm he now occupies and on which he has since lived. He was married Oct. 12, 1851, to Rhoda A. Comstock, danghter of John S. Com- stock, of this town; she was born in Lima, Washtenaw county. Oct. 6, 1834, and in the spring of 1835 her father settled in Springport. They have S children-Estella ( Mrs. Frank Elmer), Jennett A. (Mrs. James Bullen), Frank A., James E., Belinda J., Perry C., Minerva A. and Annie M. Mr. H. has always been engaged in farming; during the past few years he has been engaged in grow- ing blooded sheep, with good success.

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William E. Hammond was born in Providence, Rhode Island, April 19, 1826. When about two years of age he went with his parents to Allegany county, N. Y., where he lived until they came to Michigan in the fall of 1835. He grew to the age of manhood in Jackson county, receiving his education in the common schools. Jan. 19, 1851, he married Harriet E. Bangham, daughter of John M. and Annie Bangham, of Calhoun county. She was born at Black River, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1834, and came West while yet an infant with her family, when they settled in Washtenaw county; when she was about 10 years of age they removed to Calhoun connty. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hammond are-Olive V., born April 20, 1852; S. J., March 26, 1855; J. A., Oct. 7, 1856; George D., Jan. 6, 1858, died March 3, 1853; Almira A., born Aug. 24, 1869, died Jan. 2, 1874; Willis H., born April 18, 1875. Mr. Hammond is still living on the farm on which he was raised, and which his father had taken up from the Government. His father, Jonathan A. Hammond, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, April 14, 1800; he married Esther Turtblott, who was also born in the same place May 3, 1799; she was a great-granddaughter of the renowned Roger Williams; she is still living with her son William. Mr. Hammond died Sept. 3, 1867. They had + chil- dren-William E., Stillman, Elizabeth and Almira; Stillman and Almira are deceased. They removed from Providence to Allegany county, N. Y., in 1828, and in the spring of 1835 came to Michigan, stopping that summer in Washtenaw county, and in the fall of 1835 came to the farm where the family still live, in Springport. They built the first frame house that was built in this place.

Erastus Hayden was born June 22, 1809, in Ulster county, N. Y., son of Newell and Vashti (Wright) Hayden, natives of Connecticut. While he was an infant his father removed to Wayne county, where he was raised. Feb. 14, 1830, he married Sarah A. Austin, of Williamstown, N. Y. In 1845 he removed his family to this county, settling on a new farm in Springport. After enduring many of the privations and hardships common to the settlement of a new country, he succeeded in making for himself and family a good home. He had + boys- Charles N., now practicing medicine in Lansing; R. B. graduated in medicine, and has been practicing some three years at Eaton Rapids; Lorenzo D. enlisted in Co. E., 20 Michigan Infantry, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness; Jasper J. is married and living on the home farm. At any early age Mr. Hayden united with the M. E. Church and was ever one of its most worthy members until the time of his death, Jan. 9, 1877. He was licensed as a local preacher while living in New York, and soon after coming to Michigan was made a circuit preacher, and was perhaps the first that traveled through this section of country in that capacity. He was a man widely known and respected by all.

N. N. Hayden, son of Newell and Vashti (Wright) Hayden, natives of Connecticut, was born Dec. 9, 1802, in Ulster county, N.

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Y. At the age of six or seven years his family removed to Wayne county, N. Y., where Mr. Hayden lived until he had attained the years of manhood, when he went to Seneca county, of the same State, where he engaged in teaching school, which vocation he followed several years. July 17, 1832, he married Mary Saunders, of that county, who was born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 17, 1815, and had come to Seneca county when yet a young girl. The fruit of this union was 3 children-Jacob N., Mary E. and Mary V., all of whom are now dead. In June, 1838, Mr. Hayden removed his family to Michigan, coming by way of the lakes to Detroit, and from thence by rail to Ypsilanti, as the railroad did not extend any further at that time; from there he came with wagons to his present farm in the town of Springport, Jackson Co., where he has since lived. Mrs. Hayden died here April 27, 1842, and Oct. 5 of the same year he married Hannah, daughter of Potter and Huldah Hammond, formerly of the town of Hanover. She was born in the town of Verona, Oneida. Co., N. Y., Aug. 19, 1816. By this marriage Mr. Hayden had 6 children-Huldah, Sarah (deceased), William B., Emma, now Mrs. B. O. Martin, Norton H. and Minnie. Wm. B. is married and living on the home farm; Norton H. is teaching in the Upper Peninsula. Mrs. Hayden died Feb. 24, 1880. They had both united with the M. E. Church while young, and have ever remained its staunch supporters. Mr. H. had come to Michigan in 1834 and located the quarter section on which he afterward moved.

David L. Hicks, son of James and Esther Hicks, natives of Washington county, N. Y., was born in Orleans county, N. Y., June 20, 1822. He lived in Orleans county until he was 21 years of age, when he came to Jackson county, in the fall of 1843, his parents coming in the fall of 1845. They all stopped in the south part of the town of Springport. In August, 1848, he married Miss Fannie Henderson, daughter of John Henderson. She was born in Orleans county, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1827. Of their 4 children, but 2 are living-Flora and Cora. They have both been engaged in teaching for a number of years, and are among the most successful in that vocation in the county. In April, 1881, Flora was elected Superintendent of Schools of the town of Springport. Mr. Hicks has always been engaged in farming; has been Treasurer of his town for the past 15 years, and in 1879 served on the Board of Supervisors.

William B. Joslin, son of Israel and Sally (Brown) Joslin, was born in Chittenden county, Vt., Sept. 6, 1814. Here he was reared, and received his education in the common schools of his county. At the age of 21 he went to Portage county, Ohio, where he spent several years, when he again returned to his native county. September 6, 1841, he married Miss Mary Bigham, daughter of Edward and Mary (Pliny) Bigham, of that place; she was born in Burlington, Vt., Dec. 22, 1824. Soon after their marriage they removed to Westville, Franklin county, N. Y., and about three years later, in the spring of 1846, they

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came to Jackson county, settling for a few years near the city of Jackson, in the town of Summit; then removed to the town of Parma where they lived until 1880, when they came to their present home at East Springport. Of their 6 children but + are living-Louisa, now Mrs. Julius Chapel, of Sandstone; they have one child, Eugene Chapel, aged 18 years. William P. en- listed in Company E, 20th Michigan; died at Annapolis, Md., at the age of 20 years, in 1864; Celia died in New York while an infant; Arthur married Alice Wood, and now lives at East Springport; Jesse married Alice Brown and lives in Springport; they have 1 child, Markel B., aged 14 years; Ida, now Mrs. William Helmer, lives in Parma; they have 1 child, Arthur, aged one year. During the late war Arthur was in Company K. 11th Michigan. Mr. J. has always been engaged in farming, in which he has met with good success; has held various offices in the towns in which he lived.

Ben. A. Joy .- The earliest we have of the American branch of the Joy family is in 1634, and commences with Thomas Joy, who was a member of the "ancient and honorable artillery company of Boston," and had two acres of land allotted to him in the center of Boston, and land adjoining, at Muddy Brook, as being one of the early settlers. Records in England show that he came from Hing- ham, Norfolk Co., about 1630. About 1635 we find him in a new colony, beginning the settlement of a new town, which they called " Hingham," where he spent the rest of his life. His wife was Joan, daughter of one John Gallop, an Indian trader. The Gallops were an ancient family, who had moved from Normandy to England. Thomas and Joan Joy had S children, + born in Boston and 4 in Hingham. Joseph Joy, the fourth son of Thomas Joy, was born in Boston, 1645, and married Mary Prince, the danghter of John Prince, of Hingham, in 1667. They had 15 children, all born in Hingham. Joseph Joy, the oldest child of Joseph and Mary ( Prince) Joy, married, in 1690, Elizabeth Andrews, daughter of Capt. Jo- seph Andrews. They had 9 children. David, second son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Andrews) Joy, was born in Hingham in 1718; mar- ried Ruth , and removed to Rehoboth, Mass., where his 10 children were born.

David, the fourth son of David and Ruth Joy, was born in 1724, and married Elizabeth Allen. He served in the French war in 1766, and removed his family from Rehoboth to Guilford, Vt. He died in Herkimer county, N. Y., 1809. He had 11 children. Da- vid Joy, son of David and Elizabeth (Allen) Joy, with his brother, Abel, joined the army at Cambridge after the battle of Bunker Hill, and served for some time in the war of the Revolu- tion.

David Joy (third) married, in 1776, Hannah Partridge, in Guil- ford, Vt. They had a family of 10 children-Patience, Hannah, Polly, Thaddeus, Comfort, Arod, Ira, Harriet, Almira and Benja- min. Abont 1800 the family removed from Guilford, Vt., to Fa-

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bius, Onondaga Co., N. Y. Here Comfort Joy, the fifth son of David and Hannah (Partridge) Joy, was married first in 1810 to Mary Bremer, and a second time to Cynthia Thorndyke, in 1845. He removed with his family to Michigan in 1839, settling in the town of Springport, Jackson Co. His children are-Catharine, Adeline, Harriet, David C., Alonzo, Mary L., Hannah and Jane. Comfort Joy died in this county in 1869. His son, Alonzo, married Phebe Burgess, daughter of James and Grace Burgess, of this county. She was born in Oswego county, N. Y., and come to this county in 1840. They have a family of 3 children-Ben. A., born Feb. 18, 1847; Alice C., now Mrs. Emery Ludlow, born Feb. 8, 1849; Mary J., now Mrs. S. J. Homer, porn Oct. 20, 1853. Alonzo Joy, father of Ben. A. Joy, was born July 19, 1825, and came to the farm on which Ben. A. now lives, when yet a boy. He died here in April, 1869. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Joy married Lorain Parmnell, and now lives in Albion.

Ben. A. Joy married, Oct. 24, 1871, Clara J. Ferris, daughter o Edward Ferris, of this town. She was born in this county, May 27, 1849. Their children are-Emma G., born Dec. 22, 1872; Edna, B., Dec. 14, 1873, and died Dec. 1, 1874; Mabel, born Jan. 2, 1878; and Alice C., Dec. 13, 1879. Mr. Joy, the subject of this sketch, has always resided on the farm he now occupies. He received his education in the school of his town and the Union schools of Jackson and Albion. Since he has attained his majority he has held almost continually some of the offices of his town; was Supervisor in 1878. In politics he is a Republican. In the Parma Lodge, F. & A. M., Oct. 24, 1878, he was made a Master Mason, and when the lodge was organized in the village of Spring- port, he was made Master of the lodge. In his business he has been quite successful, having a fine farm of several hundred acres.

E. A. Landon, born Aug. 3, 1833, in Cayuga county, N. Y. His parents, Luther and Clarissa (Tracy) Landon, were natives of Connecticut and removed from their home in New York in the spring of 1837, coming with their family to Michigan, and settling on the tarin on which Mr. Landon now lives, near the village of Springport, in Jackson county.

His father had taken up a large tract of land from the Govern- ment, and after putting up a house he at once began to improve his land. His family consisted of his wife and 3 children-Martha, Sarah and E. A. Mr. Landon died in August, 1855, at the age of 57 years.

They were among the pioneers of Jackson county, and coming to the State in comparatively poor circumstances, they succeeded by hard work and frugality in accumulating enough of this world's goods to enable them to provide comfortable homes for their chil- dren. During his life Mr. Landon became quite well acquainted with the pioneers all over the county, and is spoken of by all as a man ever willing to do that which was right and honorable. E. A., the subject of this sketch, was raised in this county, and was

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married in 1876 to Miss Ambra O. Bancroft, only daughter of William Bancroft, of Springport. They have 1 child -- Lewis E. Mr. Landon now lives on and owns the old home farm, which has grown to be a- fine farm of over 900 acres. In the vocation of farming, which he chose when a boy, he has been quite successful. Mrs. Landon continued to live on the old farm until in August, 1878, when death removed her at the advanced age of 78 years.

George Landon, son of IIerman and Betsey Landon, was born April 11, 1830, in Cayuga county, N. Y. He was a small boy when his father came to Jackson county. He grew up here, re- ceiving his education in the schools of this county and at the Albion College. He married Oct. 21, 1863, Helen Brown, daughter of Louis Brown. They have a family of 5 children --- Agnes, Lizzie, Arthur, John and Robert.

Mr. Landon is a staunch advocate of the temperance cause, and is known by all as a man of integrity and purity of character. He has been elected to fill many of the offices of his town, which he discharged to the satisfaction of all. He has always been engaged in farming, and in this as well as in everything else that he has attempted, he is successful. He now owns a fine farm pleasantly located, of 300 or 400 acres in the south part of the town.

John Linn was born July 25, 1827, in Germany. He received his education in the schools of his native country, and when he had reached the age of 21 years he married, Sept. 10, 1848, Miss Catharine Path, daughter of Frank Path; she was born in the same county as Mr. Linn, March 18, 1828. A few days after their marriage they started for America. The trip proved to be a long one, as they were 48 days on the water. They lived in New York the first year, spending the first three months in the city of Rochester, and the rest of the year on a farm about 12 miles from the city, in Monroe county. In the fall of 1839 they came to Jackson county, living for a few years near Jackson, in the town of Summit. In 1863 they removed to the town of Tompkins, and after a residence there of about two years came to his farm in Springport, on which they now live. They have 6 children-Mary, now Mrs. Gideon Hessens, of Jackson; Kittie, now Mrs. John Robbins; Celia, Ella, George and Frank. Mr. Linn has always been engaged in farming, and now has a good farm of 160 acres of land.

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History of Jackson County, Michigan, Part 113

Author: Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago [Ill.] : Inter-state Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1166

Author:
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago [Ill.] : Inter-state Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1166