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a grist-mill in Ray Township. April 24, 1864, he bought his present homestead of eighty acres in Washington, to which he has added by purchase until he owns 114 acres of first- class land, lying one mile east of Romeo Village. He was married, April 16, 1866, to Harriet L., daughter of Azariah W. and Miranda Leach Sterling, of Washington Tp .: she was born April 16. 1836; her parents were natives of Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Procter have one child, Charles S., born March 21, 1867. Mr. Procter is a Re- publican in political views.
BENJAMIN PROCTER, born in Gloucester, Mass., August 21, 1767. died at Al- stead, N. H., March 20, 1854: his wife. Susanna Lowe Procter, born at Ipswich, Mass., January 21, 1773, died at Alstead, N. H., April 5, 1858; the mother of Benjamin Procter was Rachel Woodbury, and his wife's mother, Martha Story; the great-grandfather of Lu- ther Procter, of Washington Township, was John Procter, who sold his farm in the Rev. olutionary days. took his pay in Government money, and lost all; subsequently. he settled with his brother on Isle of Canchon, and. after the drowning of his brother Benjamin. inherited that property. John removed to Alstead, where the grandfather of the present Procters, Benjamin, lived many years, until his death. in 1854. Rufus Choate. a relative of the family, was born in the island: the present Rufus Choate makes the locality his home.
DAVID B. RIBBLE, P. O. Romeo, was born April 10, 1816, in Warren County, N. J .: is son of David and Sarah Ribble, both natives of New Jersey, of German parentage. Mr. Ribble was married. January 4, 1546. to Mary. daughter of Henry and Mary Albert- son. both natives of Holland; they had two children-Albert, born August 30, 1847; and Sarah, born July 20, 1849. Mrs. Ribble died February 4. 1850. Mr. Ribble was again married, April 27. 1854, to Margaret Ann, daughter of John and Elizabeth Buchner, of Sussex County, N. J .; the record of their children is as follows: Watson F., born May 25, 1856; Edwin C., July 2, 1859; Lizzie F., August 2, 1865; Anna Mary, May 25, 1868: Carrie E., June 24, 1872: Evangeline, October 12, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Ribble are mom- bers of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Ribble is a Republican in politics.
S. M. RITTER, P. O. Romeo, was born in Erie County, N. Y .. February 10, 1833: is son of John and Susan Ritter, natives of Lancaster County. Penn. Mr. Ritter came to Michigan August 19, 1864, and settled in Avon, Oakland County, where he was engaged three years operating a grist-mill: on leaving Avon, he went to Mt. Clemens, and was em- ployed there as a miller three years; he next engaged in a mill in Ray, and, three years after, came to Washington, where he is now foreman in the Clifton Mill, located on Section 7, a position he has filled eight years. He was married. June 27, 1856. to Sarah Ann, daughter of Reuben and Maria Lintz, of Erie County, N. Y .: both her parents were natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ritter was born in Erie County, N. Y., July 6, 1840. Following is the record of their children's births: Lucy A .. April 29, 1857: John H., September 28. 1858: Reuben, July 26, 1860; Franklin S., January 5, 1862: Charlotte M .. August 26, IS66; Rosalie E., February 14, IS68; Arthur, December 12, 1870; Elmer, December 11, 1871: James B., February 9, 1877; Olive P., August 9, 1851; Amelia A., born December 24. 1864. Mr. Ritter is a member of the Masonic order, and acts with the Republican party.
JAMES H. ROSE was born November 12. 1797, in Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y .: is the son of Nathan and Elizabeth Rose, both natives of Massachusetts; the former was born in 1783, and died in 1848; the latter died in 1800. Mr. Rose came to Michigan in March, 1526, and settled in Washington, on Section 26, where he bought eighty acres of land and lived one year on it; by occupation he is a carpenter and joiner, and, after his father's death. he returned to New York to settle the estate; he remained there fifteen years. and came back to Washington, where he has since lived; he has held the office of
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Constable and Collector fourteen years; he has also been Town Treasurer four years; po- litieally, he is a Republican; he was one of the earliest settlers, and was present at the first town meeting, and suggested the name of Washington for the name of the town; he is a member of the M. E. Church, which he joined in 1845; was formerly connceted with the Sons of Temperance, and belongs to the Washington Grange. He was married. De- eember 28, 1817, to Phoebe Keeler, a native of Rush, N. Y., daughter of Nathan and Han- nah Keeler; they have four children, born as follows: Myrm H., July 11, 1818: Sabuna, September 27, 1820; John. September 8, 1822, died April 5, 1845; and Mary Ann. born March 2, 1825. Mrs. Rose died September S. 1826, in Washington.
JOHN V. RUSH. P. O. Mt. Vernon, was born April 13, 1821, in Oxford. Warren Co., N. J. : is son of Peter and Esther Rush, both natives of New Jersey: the former was born in 1785, and died July 8, 1841: the latter was born in 1787, and died April 6. 1843. The paternal grandsire was a soldier in the Revolution, and lived more than eighty years, dy- ing in Warren County, when Mr. Rush, of this sketch. was about eighteen years of age, his wife having died some fifteen years previous to that event. Mr. Rush came to Mich- igan in 1841 and settled in Macomb County; he bought 110 acres, his homestead, on Sec- tion 18, Washington. in 1850, where he is pleasantly situated; his farm is in a progres- sive state of eultivation, and has a substantial dwelling house and accessory buildings. Mr. Rush was married, December 7, 1848, to Samantha, daughter of Jesse and Harriet Fangboner, of Washington: Mrs. Rush was born December 8, 1827. in Oxford, Warren Co., N. J .: her father was born in the same county October 20, 1804; her mother, April 29, 1804. Mr. and Mrs. Rush have six children living-Alma, born September 28, 1849, wife of J. L. Petty, of Lansing: Lee, February 2, 1857; Katie, December 15, 1858; Emma A., August 13, 1861; Maggie E., November 21, 1863; and Snsie, March 25, 1866; all but one live with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rush are members of the Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Rush is a Republican. and has acted three years as Road Commissioner. JOHN SANBORN. P. O. Almont.
FRANKLIN E. SCOTT. P. O. Romeo, was born in Washington. Maeomh County, August 25, 1839; is the son of Silas and Persis Scott, the former a native of Canada, who came to Macomb County in 1816; the latter of Connectieut; his father took up eighty acres of land in Washington in 1824, adding to his estate by purchase until his farm ag- gregated 120 aeres; he died in 1870. Mr. Seott was married, October 31, 1865, to Char- lotte E., daughter of Edward S. and Ann Snover, natives of New Jersey. Mrs. Seott was born June 13, 1842. They have six children, born as follows: Josephine L., July 15. 1868; S. Franklin. June 5, 1870; E Ann, September 18, 1871; C. M. Clay, March 4, 1874; William E .. May 25, 1876: Charlotte E .. April 20, 1880. Mrs. Seott is a member of the M. E. Church at Romeo. Mr. Scott is a Republican, and both himself and wife belong to the Patrons of Husbandry. The family reside on the old homestead.
LYSANDER K. SHAW, P. O. Romeo, was born June 11, 1827, in Jefferson County, N. Y. ; is son of Marvil and Roxana (Kennedy) Shaw, natives of the State of New York. The parents came to Michigan (probably) about 1833, and took up forty acres of Govern- ment land in the township of Washington, Seetion 5; they afterward added to their estate by purchase until the homestead possessions ineluded 360 acres of selected land; he also purchased 400 aeres in Oxford, Oakland County; 520 acres near Romeo; and 1,200 aeres in Wisconsin. 560 of which were improved. Marvil Shaw was born August 22, 1802, in Ful- ton County, N. Y .: died September 17, 1876, in the village of Romeo: he left 3,020 aeres of land to his heirs, and $35,946 in notes and mortgages. Mr. Shaw, of this sketch, has been a farmer all his life; he began his contest with the world on 140 acres of land be- longing to his father, and purchased 120 acres adjoining: on the death of his father, he became owner of the whole, and on this farm has lived twenty years; he removed to Ro-
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meo and spent six years, and then took up his abode where he now lives, comprising 380 acres, with good dwelling and suitable and commodious accessory buildings. He was married, January 27, 1580, to Margaret, daughter of Daniel and Belinda (Bronson) Frost, of Washington; she was born March S, 1852, in Berlin, St. Clair County. By a former marriage, Mr. Shaw has three children. He has distributed among them about $30,000. establishing them in comfort. He is an adherent to the principles of Democracy.
JOSEPH SIKES (deceased), was born March 13. 1809, in Granville, Washington Co., N. Y .; was the son of Noah and Mehitable (Smith) Sikes: both parents died before Mr. Sikes attained his majority, leaving two children-Joseph and Sybil. Joseph Sikes came to Michigan in 1831. and worked some years at his trade of millwright. He was married. October 27, 1836, to Electa Wilcox, of Rochester, Oakland County; she died March 24. 1839, leaving a daughter, now Mrs. Smith Cahoon, born December 1, IS38. In October, IS41, Mr. Sikes bought a farm in Washington, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a second time married, to Mrs. Emily (Turrell) Throop, March 29. 1846; her parents were Joel and Mary Grey Turrell, the former born in Connecticut, January 10, 1755. the latter February 27, 1791, in Pennsylvania; they were married Feb- ruary 3, 1810, and a few years after removed from Pennsylvania to the State of New York. Mr. Turrell was a mechanic. His wife was distinguished for her earnest interest in the cause of temperance before the public agitation of the question. Their trip to the Em- pire State was by the Susquehanna River, and Mrs. Turrell was much annoyed by the drunkenness of the sailors. The Captain noticed her discomfiture, and, taking possession of the passing bottle, discharged its contents into the stream and presented it to her. Her daughter, Mrs. Sikes, still preserves the flask as a memento of her mother's devotion to principle. An incident preserved in the family tradition was the capture of the grandmother of Mrs. Sikes, in the early period of the county's history, by the Indians. Her captivity lasted seven years, when she was restored to the possession of her supposed parents, but complete identification was never established. Joel Turrell and his wife moved to Washington, Macomb County, in 1835; the former died March 3, 1867; the lat- ter July 19, 1874. They had sixteen children, of whom Mrs. Sikes was sixth in order; she was born in Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y., January 21, 1818, and was married, April 11, 1837. to Burchard Ezra Throop, of Washington, Macomb County; Mr. Throop died November 24, 1838, leaving a son, Burchard Ezra Throop, Jr., born April 7, 1835; the latter grew to manhood, and, in the fall of 1861, was married to Annie E. Ackerman, and soon after enlisted in the Ninth Michigan Infantry; he was dis- charged at the expiration of five months, permanently disabled; he died in Omro, Wis., July 13, 1864, leaving one son --- Willie, born February 14. 1863. Mr. Throop, Jr., died among strangers of an acute disease, but surrounded by all the care and kindness of inter- ested friends. Delays in telegrams prevented the arrival of his wife until after his burial. Mr. T. B. Shipman, at whose house he stopped by chance, paid the highest tribute to his
character as evidenced in his last hours. Joseph Sikes and his wife Emily (Turrell Throop) Sikes became the parents of four children, born as follows: Mary Ellen, October 10, 1849; Marsha Emma, September 5, 1551, died January 2. 1853; Mattie Elynn, Novem ber 5, 1853. married to Homer J. Oxford. of Pontiac, Oakland County. April 16, 1879; Charles B., December 24, 1862. Mr. Sikes died November 5, 1878; in the character of Mr. Sikes was one to command the best esteem of his associates; he was upright, honor- able and industrious, a most successful farmer, unblemished in character and of decidedly religious inclinations, though not a member of any church. Mrs. Sikes belongs to the Baptist Church; her children are connected with the Congregational Society.
DANIEL T. SMITH. P. (). Romeo, farmer, Section 15, Washington. was born Feb rnary 11, 1841. in Washington: is the son of Elisha and Mary (Tinsman) Smith; he is
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the fifth of nine children: was married to Marcia H .. daughter of James M. and Calista E. Vanghan (see sketch): she was born May 30. 1846. in Washington: the marriage was solemnized by Rev. William Campbell, December IS. 1866. at the Washington Church. which was raised on the day of her birth, and is the only instance of a marriage ceremony within its walls; they have four children. born as follows: Mildred Belle, September IS, IS67; Edna Louisa. April 23, 1870; Lulu Mand. February 13. 1872: Daniel Tinsman, January 30. 1875. Mr. Smith was reared a farmer and educated at Romeo: he owns a farm of 160 acres, finely situated. on Sections 10 and 15; he was engaged about twelve years as a stock-buyer for Eastern markets; in 1869. he bought the Washington Hotel. of his father-in-law. and nine months later exchanged it for the Fenton Mill property in Ray Township. where he was associated a short time in business with his brother: he has since been engaged in agriculture and lumbering. which latter he has been. since ISSO. prosecuting in Washington. under the style of Preston & Smith.
ELISHA SMITH (deceased), was born May 13. 1807. in Warren County. Now Jersey: he was the son of John and Elsie Smith. both of whom were from New Jersey. Mr. Smith came to Michigan in the spring of 1839. and settled in Washing- ton on 160 acres of land. on Section 17. which he had bought three years previously. and where he lived at the time of his death. which occurred March 14. 1875; he was married, December 4. 1828, in Hope, Warren Co., N. J., to Mary M .. daughter of William and Elizabeth Tinsman; the former was born November 10, 1783. in New Jersey, and died December 6. 1852; the latter was born May 15. 1787. in New Jersey. and died March 2, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had nine children, born as follows: Elizabeth T .. February 10. 1830; Elsie, April 3. 1833; Sarah A .. October 9. 1835; Harriet. May 28. 1838; Daniel T., February 11. 1841: John W .. December 19. 1843: Rachel M .. Jannary 4. 1847; Lorissa Jane, December 28. 1848, and Emma L .. June 9, 1852. Mr. Smith be- longed to the M. E. Church. Mrs. Smith is a member of the same society. and resides with her daughter Emma (Mrs. F. J. Crissman) on the homestead property. Francis J. Crissman was born May IS, 1848. in Washington Mr. and Mrs. C. have had four chil- dren. born as follows: Mary M .. April 30. 1875; Eliza S .. June 10, 1876: Nina E .. March 11. 1868, and Bruce, January 14. ISSO, died September 15. 1881. Mrs. Crissman belongs to the M. E. Church.
JOHN J. SNOOK. P. O. Mt. Vernon, farmer, and author of the " The Centennial Trip in Rhyme." was born April 16, 1842. in Clinton. Macomb County; his great-grand father, John Snook. was born in Wellington. England: his grandfather. James Snook. was a native of the same place, born January 5. 1794; he reached New York, June 8. 1817. and settled in Clinton. Macomb County. June S. 1836. James H. Snook, father of J. J .. of this sketch. was born in London. November 13, 1816. Mr. Snook's mother. Sarah Ann R. (Axtell) Snook, was born March 8, 1817, at Columbus, Ohio: her earliest traced an- cestor was Henry Axtell. born in 1641, in England. Following is the direct line from him: Daniel. born in 1673. in Massachusetts: Henry, born in Massachusetts in 1715; Maj. Henry Axtell, of Revolutionary fame, born in Massachusetts in 1733; Silas, born in Mendham, N. J .. in 1769; Samuel L., born November 11. 1790. in Mendham, N. J., father of Mrs. S. A. R. Snook. J. J. Snook was married. December 25. 1866, to Ella C .. laughter of Jacob P. and Maria S. (Davis) Davis, of Clinton, Macomb County. where she was born. August 10, 1844. J. P. Davis was born July 13, 1798, in Shokan, Ulster Co .. N. Y : he located in Clinton in 1841. and was the son of Peter and Theodocia Davis. who both died in Shokan, aged ninety-seven years. Mrs. Snook's mother was born May 24, 1812. in Orange County, N. Y. ; her grandfather, Jason Davis, was born in the same county. September 20, 1782, and was the son of John Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Snook are the happy parents of five children, born as follows: Nellie M .. October 16. 1867: J. Eu-
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grene. October 26. 1870: John H .. May 6. 1874: Burton Davis, June 18, 1875: Clarence G., October 15. ISSI. Mr. Snook is an intelligent, scholarly, thinking man, and is Acting Justice of the Peace.
ANDREW K. SNOVER was born in Warren County, N. J., September 7, 1813. the son of Moses and Margaret (Keen) Snover: they came to Michigan in 1833, and settled in Oakland County; the great-grandparents came from Germany about 1640, and settled near Philadelphia. Mr. Andrew K. Snover was married, in February, 1815, to Acelia, daughter of Charles and Deiadama (Seranton) Crippen, of Washington: she was born April 21, 1818, in Washington County, N. Y., and came to Macomb County in 1834 with her parents. Charles Crippen died in 1842. aged sixty-five years; he was a soldier in the war of 1812: his father. Joseph Crippen, was a soldier of the Revolution; he died at ninety-six years of age. in Washington County. N. Y., abont 1536. The earliest ancestors of whom Mrs. S. has any knowledge. came from England and settled in Massachusetts in its earliest days: they were Baptists in religion: in politics Whigs. In 1849. Mr S. purchased a farm of eighty acres. on Section 11. near Romeo, the old homestead of his wife's parents, where his family still reside. Mr. and Mrs. S. have one daughter and three sons.
SAMUEL STERLING was born at Lyme, Conn., September 11. 1766, and died Au- gust 27. 1836: his wife, Mahetable Whittlesey, was born at Saybrook, Conn., March 29. 1769; she died February 15, 1864; they were married November 29, 1792; moved to Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y .: the family was composed of five sons and four daughters; of the sons. Azariah W. Sterling, a pioneer of Macomb County, was the third; he was born in Lima June 29. 1797; reference is made to Mr. Sterling in the general history of the county. as well as in the sketches of the northern townships: one of the daughters is the wife of Luther Procter, noticed in the sketch of that old resident.
AARON STONE (deceased), was born in Pittsford. Monroe County. New York. June 30. 1790; he was married. January 30, 1814. to Margaret Hayden. of Pitts- ford; they came to Macomb County. District of Detroit, in 1523. where Mr. Store pur- chased eighty acres of land, and lived on the same until his death, in 1872; they had ten children; the following is their record: Alma Ano, born October 15. 1S15. and died August 14, 1517. Henry. March 30. 1817; he became a cooper and followed that trade until his death of typhoid fever, July 25, 1846. Emulous. April IS, 1821: he is a farmer, located a mile south of his father's farm; married Aurelia Bates, and has had four children-Adelbert, was the Postmaster and merchant of Washington, a young man of much promise: he died of heart disease, March 24, ISS1, aged twenty-seven years; Eva Adel. died of heart disease. April 13, 1876, aged nineteen: John C., aged twenty-four. was in partnership with his brother and continues the business: Frank, the youngest son, was born in 1869. Alma Ann, second, was born December 7. 1822, and died of dropsy. October 4, 1845. William A. was born November 26, 1824; he was married to Caroline Lamb, of Washington, December 30, 1857: he has served as Justice of his township and in several minor offices; he has four children, born as follows: Helen, January 28, 1859: William Addison, December 15. 1863; Arthur Wales, January 20, 1865, and Omar Thomp- son, March 5, 1867; the mother died November 11, 1869. Mr. S. was again married. July 10, 1873, to Alice M. Garvin; they have one daughter-Lottie Minette, born May 26, 1875; Helen graduated at the State Normal School and is a teacher at Cassopolis. Caroline Stone was, born September 9, 1826, married Edwin Lamb and has five children. viz .. Engene H., married Ida M. Davis; he has one daughter-Leona: Metta A. married Isaac Terpenning. of Jackson, lives in Washington, and has one son-Roy: Ida graduated at the Normal School, and is teaching at Northville, Mich. : Elmer E. and Aura R. attend school. Addison Ray Stone was born May 21. 1828; he has been a practicing physician,
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of Almont, Mich., twenty-eight years, and was married, May 7, 1857, to Ellen G. Jenness of Detroit; they have one adopted son. Minerva Stone was born March 11, 1829, and (lied April 1, 1842. Margaret A. Stone was born March 3. 1832; Aurora, born July 15, 1833, is a milliner at Marquette, Mich.
CLINTON SOULE (deceased), was born May 20, 1821, in Wyoming County. N. Y .; he was the son of John and Sally Soule, natives of Massachusetts; the former was born in 1788, and died in 1871; the latter was born in 1789, and died March 12. 1865; they settled in Michigan in 1825, and took up 120 acres of land in Washington, on Section 17, buying additional tracts until they had seven farms; he transferred land to his children until at the time of his death, he had deeded all his real estate to them; the homestead came into the hands of Clinton Soule, of this sketch; he was married, to Sabra A. Glaspie, daughter of David and Ruth Glaspie, of Oxford, Oakland County: she was born December 19, 1830, in Spafford, Onondaga Co .. N. Y .; her father was a native of the Empire State; her mother was born in Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Soule had six chil- dren. born as follows: Dennis M .. May 6, 1849; Vilatia F., October 20, 1850; Ruth E., December 9. 1852, died October 31. 1877: Emma A .. March 8, 1857; George D .. March 10, 1865. died July 16, 1866; Belle, November 4, 1867. Mr. S. died December 11. 1865; his widow owns the homestead, on Section 17 and 18, comprising 225 aeres, with good substantial building and in an advanced state of improvement. She is a member of the Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon.
DENNIS M. SOULE, P. O. Mt. Vernon, was born May 6, 1849, in Washington, Ma- comb County; is the son of Clinton and Sabra Soule (see sketch of Clinton Foule); he was married, November 28, 1873, to Margaret E., daughter of Adam C. and Elsie Moyers, born November 1. 1854; they have one son-Burton A., born November 7. 1877. in Oak- land. Oakland Co., Mich. Mr. Soule is a Republican, and has been Constable one term. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Soule is a farmer and owns forty aeres of land, on Section 20; besides his stated business of farm ing. he is extensively engaged in the sale of agricultural implements; makes a specialty of wind-mills.
NOAH C. SUTHERLAND. P. O. Romeo, was born August 13. 1856. in Washington. Macomb County: is the son of Byron and Sarah A. Sutherland, the former a native of Vermont. the latter born in New York. September 30, 1825. Mr. S. was married, Novem- ber 15. 1881. to Stella E., daughter of Jacob B. and Louis H. Skillman, a graduate of the Union School at Romeo. Mr. S. owns a farm of seventy acres, about a mile from Romeo; it is in an advanced state of improvement, with good dwelling and substantial buildings requisite for the convenience of the thrifty, prosperous Michigan farmers. Mr. S. is a Demoerat in political principles.
ADON TAFT. P. O. Romeo, was born at Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., August 16, 1800; he was married, November 13. 1823, to Hannah Wood, born in Connecticut July 4, 1804; in the spring of 1830, they settled on a farm, adjoining that now occupied by Viras Wood, and while there purchased land on Section 26, in Washington, where he built a log house, and moved into it in 1835; in 1844- 45, he built a frame house across the road. Mrs. Taft died October 4, 1869, and. in January, 1871, he married Abigail Goss. a na- tive of New York; she died August 7, 1877; he was in a feeble state, but survived her until May 13, 1879; by his first wife, he had seven children-Sylvanus, born January 6, 1825; Daniel. August 12. 1826: Andrew. July 7, 1828; Smith, August 27, 1831; Smith T .. May 22. 1833; Emery, August 31, 1836; Ada H., September 6, 1872; Smith died in infancy. Daniel died a few years ago; Smith T. Taft married Christina Phelps, May 13. 1850; they have one child L. Finney, born July 14, 1881; Mrs. Taft is a daughter of James and Esther (Dusing) Phelps; her father was born October 4, 1821, in Rush,
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Monroe Co., N. Y .; was the son of David and Mary Phelps. He was married December 30. 1848. Mrs. Phelps was born October 3, 1823, in Rush; she was the daughter of Joshua and Christina Dusing; they have had four children-Christina (Mrs. Taft). born July 5, 1853; Frederick J., December 22, 1854; Ellen E., December 4, 1859; Eugene V., December 20, 1865. Joshua Dusing was born July 4, 1776, at Warwick, Lancaster Co., Penn., died February 3, 1853. He was married, March 17, 1813, to Christina Moyers. and moved to Michigan in 1832, settling in Washington. Christina Moyers was born April 1, 1787, at Chambersburg, Penn., and died August 14, 1876, aged ninety years; two of their eight children are living.
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