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ERASTUS DAY, SR., born at Dalton, Mass., in August, 1750: he is the son of Daniel Day, born July 21, 1747: of Benjamin, born February 7 1709: of John, born 1677; of John Day, of Hartford, the son of Robert and brother of Thom. > Day, who emigrated to America in April, 1634, with his wife, Mary, and, on arriving settled at Newton, now Cambridge, Mass. Erastus Day was a farmer in Massachusetts. while still young, he moved with his parents to Otsego County, N. Y., where he was Married to Lucy Willard, of Worcester. Mass .. at the close of the year 1807. In 1$12. Mr. Day moved into Canada-not. how- ever. as a U. E. Loyalist, as he refused to join the British troops: he remained in Canada several years: next made his home at Lima, N. Y., for a few years, and came to Michigan in May. 1526, locating lands on Section 26, Bruce, where he resided until he died, July 12, 1836. His children were Erastus, now res ding in Richmond Township; John W., a resident of Mason, Ingham County: Russell, died at Armada June, ISSO; Dan. W., liv ing at Greenville, Montcalm County: Levi. a physician of Grandville. Kent County; Lu- cinda, who married Volney Day, a resident of Kalamazoo; and Lucy, who died at home, in New York. in infancy. Mr. Day's early! ottlement in Macomb is alluded to in the general history of the county, as well as in that of the northern townships. Mrs. Day. born in August. 1750, formerly Miss Lucy Willard. died in 1855, aged seventy-five years: her remains were brought from Kalamazoo. where she was staying with her daughter, and interred in the cemetery near where she first settled in Michigan.
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ERASTUS DAY, JR., son of the old settler just referred to, was born in Otsego County, N. Y., October 15, 1808; settled with his parents on Grenadier Island, of the St. Lawrence River, in 1812: returned to Lima, N. Y., in 1822, and remained there until December, IS25, when he left Lima for Michigan, in company with Addison Chamberlin, Sylvanus Taft and a young physician, who located in Rochester; the trip was made overland through Canada on a sleigh, via Detroit, to a point two miles northwest of Ro- meo; the streams and rivers were frozen, so that the incidents of spring or fall travel were not experienced; the party took possession of a log shanty, built the year previous by Capt. Gad Chamberlin and his son, who visited the place in 1824: here they made their winter's home, played cards for the privilege of cooking johnny-cake, and so amused themselves until spring-time, when they began to prepared for the coming of their fami- lies. Mr. Day. Sr., and his family, arrived in June, 1826, and lived for two months in the shanty erected by the Chamberlins. Mr. Day, Jr., received a promise from his father that, if he would buy him a yoke of cattle, his time would be given: the proposition was accepted, and. to perform his part, he entered the employ of Capt. Chamberlin at $9 per month, and, after a period of seven months, a yoke of oxen was given him, which was equivalent to his pay for that time, which oxen he delivered to his father. Before he at- tained the age of twenty-one, he purchased a yoke of steers and eighty acres of land locat- ed north of Almont, together with the oxen presented to his father, all resulting from his on labors. After his term of employment with Capt. Chamberlin was concluded, he chop ped fifteen acres of land in the neighborhood of John Mellen's residence, at Romeo, au previously took an important part in clearing the site of that village; he purchased an eighty acre lot north of St. Clair street and east of the railroad, of which he cleared ultron acres in 231; toi land be sold, and bought 150 acres now known as the Thomp- son !"m. which the old: in 1833, he purchased 165 acres on Section IN. Armada,
where . built the Mis opuse in the northern sections of that township. now occupied by George Warner: this Property he owned until March 17, 1879, when he sold it to the pres- ent occupant. Mr. D was married to Mrs. Catherine Donaldson Smith, widow of Alan-
son Smith, of Menc Genesee Co., N. Y .: the ceremony was performed at Romeo, by Rev. Luther Shaw, Hornary 6. 1833, in the old Hoxie log house; to this marriage two daughters were born- - Luev, who married Levi W. Crawford, and who is now a resident of Stanislaus County, Cal .: and Mary, married James Palmer, died January 31, 1866. Mrs. Day died October 17. 1835. For his second wife he married Betsey Day, daughter of Capt. Harry Day, of Erie County, Penn .. September 13, 1836; to them six children were born, three of whom are hving-John E., born January 11, 1838; Malvina, born May 22. 1839: and Nancy, September 1, 1851. The former resides in Richmond Township; Malvina married F. L. Beckwith, is now a resident of Oakland, Cal. ; Nancy married L. B Vandecar, of Isabella County. Of the children deceased, Harry was drowned May 27, ISHI: Sarah died in infancy in 1-43; and Martha died August 30, 1873. During the trying years from 1864 to 1866, he wis Supervisor of Armada; has been Justice of the Peace from 1839 to 1872; was the first Assessor of the town in 1834: he has filled many other town offices. and has taken a very important place in the building-np of the north- ern townships for the last fifty seven years; also served as Captain of the Independent. Ritte Company of Macomb in the Toledo war, and succeeded in drawing one month's pay; previous to this war, he served in the military commands of his county, and was promoted gradually until the period when peace was declared between Ohio and Michigan, when he was mustered ont. Mrs. Day ianght school in Erie County, and, after coming to Ma- comb. in 1835. taught the first school in District No. S of Armada. Mr. and Mrs. Day belong to the Congregational Church, and are Republicans.
JOHN E. DAY, son of Erastus Dat . Ir., was born in Armada Township January
Evashine Day
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11. 1838; from that time until 1865, he resided with his parents. devoting his attention to agriculture and education: he attended the district school until 1855, when he went to the Romeo Academy. under Daniel B. Briggs, and continued to study until 1859. From this period until 1865, he was engaged on the farm; in August of the latter year, he en- tered into partnership with Alex. Shelp, and opened a carriage. wagon and farm imple- ment factory at Romeo, which proved very successful, and would doubtless have continued to advance had not the fires of July. 1867. destroyed the building, machinery and stock; the firm rebuilt and established the factory, which was operated until February, 1868, when J. E. Day sold his interest to Milton H. Thomson, receiving in consideration the tract of ninety-two acres known as the Thomson farm, in Ray Township; for the succeed- ing six years, Mr. Day carried on this farm, until its sale to A. H. Shelp in 1874: in 1875. he removed back to the homestead in Armada, and lived there until March, 1879. when he located on the James Flower farm, Section 30, Richmond Township. Mr. Day's connection with the schools of Armada and Richmond is of the happiest character: he was elected School Inspector in [859; held that office continuously until the Inspectorship was abolished; in 1877, he was elected Township Supervisor of Schools, which position he now holds: in 1876, was elected Secretary of the Sunday School Association, Macomb, and Secretary of the Macomb County Pioneer Society in ISSO. Mr. Day has held the office of Secretary of the Historical Society. Union Farmers' Club, and Director of the County Agricultural Society. With the spirit born of education, he has taken a deep interest in the history of his native county, and has for a number of years contributed interesting historical sketches to the press of Michigan, as well as to the archives of the State Pioneer Society. Since 1877, he has been associated with the press of the county. He was married. December 30, 1861, by Prof. John Morgan, D. D., to Miss Sarah C. Judson, daughter of Isaac Judson, of Oberlin, Ohio, born at Wakeman. Huron Co., Ohio, October 23, 1842; they have three children-Nellie M., born January 6, 1867; Erastus, May 25, 1868; and Fanny, June 4, 1872: a fourth child, Flora D., born October 7, 1862, died June 19, 1865. Isaac Judson, father of Mrs. Day, is a native of Connecticut. born at Woodbury in 1797. Mrs. Judson was also a native of Connecticut, who settled in Hu- ron County, Ohio, with her family, about the year 1831; she died Septemder 21. 1851, aged forty-four years. Mr. Judson is a fine type of the old Puritan stock-firm in the orthodox faith, a strong advocate of temperance, and anti-slavery in politics. Both Mr. and Mrs. Day are members of the Congregational Church of Armada, and are Repub- lican in politics.
BENJAMIN F. DOTY, son of Elias and Zeviah (Jayne) Doty, was born in Oakland County, town of Rose, January 14, 1852; spent his early life on a farm in Oakland County ; he engaged in breaking up new land. it not being in condition for culture; he attended the public schools of the neighborhood. and entered the Union School at Fentonville at the age of sixteen: then attended the Detroit Commercial College, received his diploma in 1871, and, the following year, engaged in the store of Cooper. Heath & Co., Richmond, Mich., as book-keeper, until 1879: he erected a store in the Cooper Block, and filled it with a new stock of boots and shoes and groceries; soon after, entered into partnership with C. S. Knight in the dry goods line; this continued one year; at this time, he bought the interest of his partner, and continued in the trade alone; he has two stores devoted to the business, and keeps a fine stock and desirable goods; aside from this, he conducts, in company with Theodore Miller, a clothing store in the Miller Block since 18S0. He was married. June 11, 1874, to Miss Marilla H. Gleason, daughter of Mathias Gleason, of Pennsylvania: she was born December 19. 1850, at Townville; Edna. born March 26. 1878. Her father was a soldier of the rebellion; served two years, and was discharged at
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the close of the war; her grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution; in politics, a Republican.
ALFRED A. DRESSER, son of George Dresser, was born in Canada October 10. 1862: his father moved to Macomb, settling on Clay street, Richmond Township, where he died in 1876. The subject of this sketch attended the schools of the neighborhood; is a persevering student, a constant reader, and a young man of good habits and principles.
MRS. RACHEL DRESSER. widow of George Dresser, was born in Canada Decem- ber 3, 1845; she is the daughter of William McLane, of Canada; she was married in Can- ada. and removed to Macomb in 1868, settling on a farm on Clay street, on Section 32. where she still resides; her children are Robert V .. born January 23, 1869; William, born March 28, 1871: and a step-son, Alfred A. Dresser. born October 10, 1862. She conducts the farm of eighty acres: she has, by good management, provided herself with all the comforts of lifo. In form of worship. she is a Baptist. Her husband died February 10. 1576.
MRS. CHESTER L. DUDLEY (Lydia Leete Carman) was born in Greene County, N. Y., June 18, 1816; came to Memphis with the Carman family in 1854; she had been a teacher of young ladies in New Jersey. She was married. August 29, 1866, to Chester L. Dudley, at Almont, Lapeer County and removed to Memphis in 1867, where Mr. Dud- ley died June 24, 1879. Mrs. Dudley is a member of the Congregational Church of the village and a worker in the Sabbath school and in society. Mr. Dudley was born in Berk. shire Mass, July 4, 1806; came to Michigan and settled in Memphis in 1855; he was a prominent man in all the interests of the society, village and township.
SHERMAN S. EATON, son of William and Hannah P. Shattuck, was born in Jef- ferson County, N. Y., September 25, 1822; his parents were natives of New Hampshire: they moved from New Hampshire to the State of New York in the year ISIS, and settled in Jefferson County, where Sherman was born: they moved from there to Niagara County. New York. in 1827; the father died in Tompkins County. N. Y .. in 1845; the mother died in 1850. in Essex, Essex Co .. N. Y. Sherman, when but a boy, commenced working in a woolen factory at Burlington, Vt .. in the year 1833: he and his mother then removed to the head of Lake Champlain. on the place now known as Whitehall; he then com- menced to drive on the tow-path on the Erie Canal, and rose from the position of driver to that of Captain in the year 1845; in the meantime, he had acquired some skill in the art of molding, and, in the year 1846. on the 12th day of June, he arrived in Michigan and worked two and a half years for Dexter Mussey as a molder; he then started in busi- ness for himself in a small foundry at Armada; he succeeded in accumulating some prop- erty there, and, in the year 1852, he removed to the village of Memphis. Macomb County: when he came to Memphis, there was but one shop. a blacksmith, which was kept by William Betts, and a small store; the first year, Mr. Eaton was obliged to go to Armada for supplies to live upon; he continued his business, which proved a success, and it is now a leading enterprise in the village. His wife, Eliza, was the daughter of Andrew Conklin, of Herkimer County. N. Y., and was born May 14, 1827; they had two sons and two daughters, only one of whom is living-Emeroy, born March 16, 1862. Mrs. Eaton died January 15, 1868, at Memphis. He was married again, November 24, 1869, to Miss Katie A., sister of the former wife. He has held important offices in the township and society: he belongs to the enterprising, industrious class of citizens. Politically, he is a member of the Republican party.
WILLIAM F. FENNER, son of Turner Fenner, of Connecticut, was born January 27. 1803, in Onondaga County, N. Y .: he moved to the township of Washington abont 1836, and located a farm there: this he sold in 1853 and removed to Richmond Town- ship, settling on Section 14, on a farm of 160 acres: also owned 120 acres close by. He
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was married. in New York State, to Emily Amesbury, and had a family of five children, all at home. His wife died, and he afterward married Betsey Martin Graves, a native of Western New York. Cayuga County: she was born December 24. 1800. Of the last fam- ily, there were three children. only one of whom is living. Mrs. Fenner died May 50, 18SO. Mr. Fenner is still living, at the age of seventy-nine years.
FRANK W. FENNER, son of W. Fenner, was born in the township of Washington May 19, 1848: at the age of five years, his parents moved to the township of Richmond, where he attended school in the neighborhood, and at Memphis, under the tuition of Clark Hall, and gave his attention to farming: he succeeded to the ownership of the homestead. and was married, September 30, 1874, to Miss Frank E. Ambrose, daughter of Thomas Reed, of Monroe County, Mich. ; she was born May 31, 1850; they have one adopted child, Edna, born Mareh 31, 1874. Mr. Fenner is an intelligent and prosperous farmer, making the raising of horses a specialty. He was elected Treasurer of the township of Richmond in 18S1, which office he still holds. Politically, he is a Republican; religionsly, he is a Baptist. The relatives on the mother's side were soldiers in the Revolution.
DANIEL FLAGLER was born in Albany County, N. Y., May 14, IS14: he is the son of John and Gertrude Bogart Flagler; are natives of Dutchess County, N. Y. In 1835. Mr. Flagler moved to Canada, and, in the fall of 1836, came to Armada, Mich. In April, 1838, he settled on his farm on Section 31. Richmond Township, where he has since resided. He was married, May 2. 1835, to Serena Smith, a native of Albany County, N. Y. The record of their seven children is as follows: George, born May 30, 1836. died October 24, 1836: Alonzo, born May 16, 1838, married Jane Lemon and lives in Oak- land County, Mich. : Myron, born August 14, 1840, was killed at the battle of Murfrees- boro in 1862; Emma E., born May 7, 1845, married Carleton N. Brown and resides in this township; Henrietta. born July 1. 1849; Winfield. horn October 29. 1850, married Mary A. Thomas and resides at Yellow Springs, Ohio: Louisa, born October 9, 1852, married Timothy P. Turner and resides on the homestead. Mr. Flagler has been a Re- publican since the organization of the party; he has served several snecessive years as Su- pervisor of the township, and has been Justice of the Peace for twelve years. In 1840, he joined the Union Church, and afterward connected himself with the Christian society.
CHARLES S. GILBERT, son of Isaae and Rhoda A (Sage) Gilbert, was born at Memphis January 13, 1842; his father, a native of Massachusetts, was born in IS10; the mother was born in Connecticut in ISI1; both are living at Ypsilanti. Mieh. Charles Gilbert spent his early life on the farm on which he was born: attended school at the vil- lage, and was married, in 1866, December IS, to Matilda Pierce, daughter of Isaac C. Pierce, a native of England, where Mrs. Gilbert was born February 13, 1839. Their chil- dren are as follows: Leah. born Jannary 31, IS6S; Lilie, born April 11, 1869; Burton I., born July 5, 1870; Halmer, born November IS, 1871; Jessie, born November 4, 1573: Emma, born July 26. 1875; Georgiana, born February 20, 1877. Mr. Gilbert received a portion of the homestead farm, situated just south of the village of Memphis, on which he has resided since that time, having made many improvements upon it; a Congregation- alist in worship, and a Republican in politics. Mrs. Gilbert received her primary educa- tion at the schools of St. Clair City, and entered the Albion Female College in 1857, and remained two years; on leaving the school. she engaged as teacher of the publie schools. a ealling in which she had previously been engaged: she taught in all nineteen terms. and always with satisfaction to pupils and patrons: she has for many years been a member of the Congregational Church of the village. Mr. G. enlisted in Company E, Fifth Cavalry, and serve.l seven months; discharged on account of an accident.
DR. DAVID G. GLEASON, son of Joseph Gleason and Margaret (Francisco), na- tives of Vermont, was born in Allegany County, N. Y .. September 26, 1825; the family
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moved into the State of Pennsylvania in 1834; stayed nine years, then removed to Liv- ingston County, N. Y., where David attained majority; studied at Middlebury Academy and at Birmingham, Mich .; studied medicine, and began practice in the township of Chesterfield, Macomb County, in 1848; continued the practice at this place seventeen years, then removed to the village of Richmond, bought a piece of land on Main street and built a house and store, and, six years after, bought the farm known as the Norton farm, a little north of the village, which he eonduets, together with his practice; at the time of the purchase of the farm. he was engaged in the business of general store, a black- smith shop and a livery stable, besides his practice of medicine, thus making business to thrive and giving employment to a large number of people; he afterward, in 1869, built the first brick block in the village, which he still owns: he was one of the originators of the cheese factory in the village, and owns one-third of the same; in 1875, he, in company with Lathrops, built the second block, making three stores owned by Gleason; one of these he occupies as a drug store, and the other two are rented. He was married. January 27. 1851, to Miss Lucretia Mathews, daughter of Charles B. Mathews, of Chesterfield, native of Oswego County. N. Y. ; she was born in Chesterfieldl February 21, 1836: Elmer P., born February IS, 1855; Ella, born February 18. 1855 (a twin), died May 6, 1558; Allie. born June 6, 1862. Mrs. Gleason's people were pioneers of Chesterfield, having moved to that township and erected a large log hotel, which was on the first Gratiot Turnpike, just then being built; this was made the point at which the Indians of that locality received their annual appropriations from the Government, and was often the scene of much ex- citement. Mr. Mathews died May 5, 1869. at the age of sixty-six; his wife died in 1878, aged seventy years; both died at the Doctor's house, in Richmond. In politics, the Doc- tor is a Democrat.
DR. FRED M. GARLICK, son of Horace and Nancy (House), was born at Detroit, Mich., June 15, 1849; he received his primary education at Romeo, under the tuition of D. B. Briggs, and at Armada; entered the Medical Department of the University of Mich- igan in 1869; graduated from the Detroit Medical College June 28, 1871, and entered upon the practice of medicine at Waterford, Oakland Co., Mich .. one year; thence removed to Armada. where he remained about three years: from there to Port Sanilac, where he remained till 1881, when he took up his residence in Richmond, where he is still in the practice. On leaving Waterford, the citizens of that place presented him a paper express- ing confidence and esteem in the ability and worth of the Doctor as a citizen and a physi- cian, and regrets for his leaving them, and expressing a hope of a return to that place; this was signed by more than fifty of the citizens of the village; letters of a like character are in receipt by the Doctor from other places where he has lived, He was married. May 20, 1872. to May Bentley. daughter of E. R. Bentley: she was born at Marcellus, this county, September 13, 1852; children as follows: May E., born June 6, 1873; Edwin H .. born in Sanilac June 24, 1877, died November 7. 1879; Edith M., born in Sanilac June 12. 1879; Fred B. born March 1. 1881. Mr. Garlick is a young man of energy and skill in his practice; a member of the Detroit Academy of Medicine; in belief. a Con- gregationalist. and in politics, a Republican.
ORRAN GRANGER, son of Thaddeus and Julia E. (Manly), was born in Akron, Ohio, Angust 26, 1823; his father was born in Sandisfield. Mass,; moved to Ohio about 1810, and died in 1826; the mother, a native of same place, died in Memphis Village in 1866. The subject of this sketch was a carriage-painter, having learned that business in Ohio; left the business and the State in ISIS, arriving in Memphis in July of that year, and engaged in mercantile trado two years, then was a traveling salesman eight years, at which time he again engaged in trade, in company with his brother Lewis, three years; then engaged in the same line of trade alone, in which he is still employed; the business has
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grown from an investment of $500 to $12.000. He was married. July 19. 1840, to Miss Harriet Rose, of Cuyahoga Falls, born in September. 1.523: George M .. born July 19, 1841, living in Detroit; Charles W .. August 15, 1843. living in Chicago. Mrs. Granger died in 1847. Mr. Granger was married again. October 4. 1849, to Sarah A. Ashly. daughter of David Ashly. of Vermont: she was born November 14. 1828: Isabella. born July 17, 1850, died September 12. 1850; Herbert A., February 23, 1852, died May 12, 1853: Carrie A. Granger, born October 2. 1854. living at Memphis; and an adopted child, C. Gus, born June IS, 1865. An officer in village and in society : a member of the Masonic fraternity; a Republican in politics, and prominently identified with the improvements of the village.
DANIEL HALL, son of Benjamin and Beulah (Fowler) Hall, born in North Guil- ford, New Haven Co., Conn., October 26, 1807. His grandfather, William Hall, came from England in 1699, in company with one Thomas Norton. and Grace, his wife. and settled on the present site of North Guilford. His mother. Beulah Fowler, was of Dutch descent. Daniel Hall was married, in December, 1831. to Sarah D .. daughter ( f Jerry Norton, of Ohio; she was then visiting friends in Connecticut. In the following spring. the young couple went out to Ohio; here their eldest son. Edward W .. was born: also two children who died in infancy. After a four-years' stay in Burton, Ohio, they moved to Macomb County and settled on land taken from the Goverment, cutting a road one and a half miles to reach the place. Mr. Hall immediately began to develop the new farm and make his home: on this place the family still reside: shortly after coming to Michi- gan. they lost another infant child: their other children were as follows: Daniel Web- ster, born in North Guilford, Coun., while his parents were there on a visit, now deceased; Eunice, died at the age of seven years; Adaline, born May 30, 1840. married T. Ward and lives at Richmond Village: Emma. born January 24. 1843, married Ransom Odeon, now living at Romeo; Caroline, born August 16, 1848, married Charles Mills and lives in Richmond Township; Joseph A. and Benjamin R .. twins, born March 20, 1851; the for- mer lives on the homestead, and the latter on a farm adjoining. The first school in this part of the town was kept in a part of Mr. Hall's house, partitioned off by a blanket; this school is referred to in the general history. The parents of Mrs. Hall were pioneers of Ohio, and moved to Macomb County in 1835; her father died in Ohio in 1866. and her mother in Macomb in 1875. Mr. Hall died January 22. ISSO: Mrs. Hall still lives on the home farm, at the age of seventy-three; she has been a member of the M. E. Church for forty-eight years. Webster, son of Mr. Hall, enlisted in the Fifteenth Michigan Volun- teer Infantry in the late war: served four years, and was honorably discharged; returned to his home, married and gathered around him a family and many of the comforts of life: he was killed by a threshing machine in 1875. In the fall of 1860. the family suffered loss by tire; the dwelling house and much of its contents were burned: the next summer they built the present residence; the situation is one of the most pleasant, and the farm a very fertile one. When the cemetery at Richmond was laid out. thirty years ago. Mr. Hall was the first sexton. and acted in that capacity for three years: since then, his son. Edward W. Hall, has been the sexton-a period of twenty-seven years.
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