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GEORGE W. GARVIN was born August 26, 1835, in the town of Washington, Ma- comb County, State of Michigan: he is the son of Andrew Stitt, who married Rhoda In- man in the year 1812, in the State of New York, and moved to the State of Michigan (or Territory) in the year 1827, and settled in the town of Washington; his wife, Rhoda, died September 3, 1835: George was then adopted by Nathaniel and Lydia Garvin, who were
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settled on Section 21, in the town of Ray. Mr. Garvin was married. Jannary 19, 1861, to Elizabeth Ackerman; they have five children-Nellie F., born June 13, 1862; Julia E., April 30, 1864: M. Jennie, January 14, 1866: Wynne C., December 8, 1867: Emilia B., April 23. 1874. Mr. Garvin, of this sketch, succeeded to the possession of the farm of 100 acres, on which he now lives, in 1861: he has always been a Republican, and has been Consta- ble for twenty-one years. and has held the office of Treasurer and Clerk of the town; he is a member of the Christian Union Church, and has taken an active interest in religions and Sunday school work. Mrs. Garvin's mother, Emilia Ackerman, is now living with them: she is eighty-two years old, having lived in Michigan fifty-seven years.
JAMES GASS. P. O. Davis, youngest son of John Gass, was born Jannary 6, 1823. in Lexington, Greene Co., N. Y, ; his father was born in 1776, and had fourteen sons; he came to Michigan in July, 1837, bought the property of Eli Webster on Section 30, in Ray, where he died December 17, 1864, aged eighty-eight; his wife was born September 25, 1846, and died in April, 1881. Mr. Gass, of this sketch went to Osceola, where he lived eight years, and then settled on the northwest corner of Section 32, and bought a store in Brooklyn. He was married, January 25, 1843, to Veloria M., daughter of Orsel Dudley, of Washington; they have had ten children-Belle L., born June 12, 1844, died August 17, 1864: Lucinda V., born June 15, 1846. died September 21, 1864; Rebecca, born August 23, 1848, married Rev. Alonzo Whitcomb and resides at L'Anse, Upper Pen - insula: North, February 10, 1851. married Florence Baker and resides in Oakland County; Vietoria E., November 3, 1853, married Charles E. Waffle, of Evart. Osceola County; East, June 19, 1856, married Elena Miller, of Macomb; South, June 15, 1860, died May 7, 1862; Lydia L., October 16, 1863: South West, January 15, 1866; Kitty J., June 5. 1869. The three last named reside at home. Until the eivil war, Mr. Gass was a Republican, and since then has been a Prohibitionist; was a zealous adherent of the anti-slavery ele- ment: he has held the positions of Constable and Treasurer a number of years past. Mr. and Mrs. Gass are members of the M. E. Church.
JOHN GASS. P. O. Davis, son of John Gass, was born in Lexington, Greene Co., N. Y .. October 13, 1808. He came to Michigan November 14, 1830, and made his home with Daniel Haydens, of Ray, and, in June, 1832, settled on Seetion 29, Ray Township, his present residence. He was married to Margaret, daughter of Andrew Stitt, who settled in Michigan in 1825; they have had nine children, as follows: Andrew J., born Deeem- ber 16, 1836, married Mary Richards, of Illinois; James H., born March 15, 1839. died September 3, 1861; Lorenzo W., born February 9, 1841, married Cynthia Thompson, of Lapeer; Herschel R. and Marshall T. (twins), born March 7. 1844; Marshall married Grace Bussy and lives at Flint; Herschel lives at Jonesville; John Wesley, born May 13, 1846, married Sarah A Sutton, of Romeo; Rhoda A., born August 7, 1848, married Samuel N. Gass. of New York, who was killed November 9, 1881, at Hazelton's Mill; lives in Ray, Sarah J., born April 8, 1850, married Truman Gass, of Ray; Frances M., born March 19, 1852, married John Switzer, of Disco. Mr. Gass has always been a Republican. He and his wife have been members of the M. E. Church for more than forty years. Mr. Gass left the Empire State when there were but fifteen miles of railroad in the United States; he started on foot, and walked most of the way to Buffalo; he has encountered all the privations and hardships of a pioneer life.
JACOB GOODELL. P O. Ray Center, was born December 11, 1833. in the town- ship of Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y .; he is a son of John Goodell, and accompanied his par- ents to Michigan in 1837. In 1862, he enlisted as a soldier in the civil war, in Company D. Eighth Michigan Cavalry; after a year's service, he was raised to the rank of Second Lieutenant in Company M. and, five months later, was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company H; his regiment was in service three years, and was mustered out July 20, 1865,
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at Pulaski, Tenn. Mr. Goodell was married, January 1, 1862, to Hannah Lee; they have two children-Theda, born June 7, 1867; and Flora, September 30, 1869. Mr. Goodell is a Democrat in political faith.
ABIAL B. GREEN, P. O. Mead, son of Francis and Polly (Stevens) Green, of New York State, was born January 10, 1832; his parents immigrated to Michigan about the year 1847, and located a farm in Ray Township. Mr. Green married Louisa De Groff February 1, 1855, and located on his present farm, Section 34, Ray, in the spring of 1856; the family comprises six children-John H., a resident of Ray; Emily, wife of Alex Mc- Innes. of Ray; Adelbert, Ada, Gertrude and Carrie. The political faith of Mr. Green is Republican.
ALLEN HAZELTON, P. O. Ray Center, was born October 21, 1530, in Canada; is a son of Ransom and Polly ( Whiting) Hazelton; his parents came toMichigan in March, 1836, and settled in Aurelius Township, Ingham County: thirteen years later, in the spring of 1549, they moved to Ray and located on Section 21, where the mother died De- cember 27, 1852. Mr. Hazelton was married, January 1, 1854; he has a family of three children-Parsons, born April 17, 1858, married Austin P. Goff, at Oxford. Oakland County ; Zelia P., born November 1, 1856; and William S., born March 12, 1877. In 1854, Mr. Hazelton located on Section 10, in Ray: moved to Section 23, and thence to Section 30, Riley Township; he went from there to Lenox Township, Section 21; thence to Section 18, Washington; and next engaged in keeping a store at Ridgeway Corners; he next moved to Section 1, Lenox, then to Section 3. Raisin Township. Lenawee County; thence to Section 10, Hudson; thence to Tecumseh, and finally to his present location. His fann includes 110 acres on Section 23, in Ray Township. Mr. Hazelton is a Repub lican, and has been Commissioner and Justice of the Peace in Ray.
JOHN HOOVER. P. O. Davis, was born in Seneca County, N. Y., November 16, 1810; is a son of John and Mary B. (Singer) Hoover; his parents were natives of Pennsyl- vania, and, early in life, settled in the State of New York; his father died at the age of sixty-one years. Mr. Hoover came to Michigan in September, 1550, and settled on a farm in Shelby; in 1867, he moved to his present home, on Section 31, in Ray. He was mar- ried, December 11, 1834. to Fanny, daughter of John and Nancy Guamsey; her parents were natives of England; she was born August 30, 1811. Mrs. Hoover died, and Mr. Hoover was married, January 30. 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of David and Elizabeth Fester. Following is the record of children born to Mr. Hoover: John G., October 5, 1835; Mary, wife of Samuel Apling December 12, 1836; Nancy, August 15, 1838; Jeffer- son, September 24, 1844, died in Missouri November 28, 1871; Cordelia, August 19, 1846; Emma C., March 25, 1852, died July 8. 1854; Henry D., July 3, 1854, died January 4, 1870; Sarah A., Mrs. Joseph Ackerman, February 2, 1863. Mr. Hoover is a Republican in political sentiment; he owns a fine place, with residence, in Davis, Ray Township. Mrs. Hoover belongs to the M. E. Church.
ELIJAH W. HOWE, P. O. Davis, was born March 29, 1823, in Marcellus, N. Y., and went with his parents to Monroe County, N. Y., and, in the fall of 1830, to Oakland County, Mich. ; six years after. he went to Lapeer County, and from there to Macomb County, settling on Section 27, in Ray Township, in 1846. He was married, May 30. 1846, to Jane Miller; they have two children-Precontia, born April 30, 1848, married Joy Warner and resides in Ray; and Elva, born October 24, 1852, married John MI. Green and resides on the home farm. Mr. Ilowe is a member of the M. E. Church, and has been a local preacher twenty years; he is a Republican in political views. Mrs. Howe is a na- tive of New York, and came to Macomb County when but three years of age: her parents settled on the place where is now her residence; she belongs to the M. E. Church.
WATSON W. LYONS, P. O. Davis, was born in Ray Township September 26,
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1839; his father. William Lyons, came from New York in the fall of 1837, and settled on Section 33; he died in August, 1846, aged thirty-four years; his wife is still living on the homestead. In 1870, he commenced operating in insurance business, and, in 1872. was appointed Deputy Secretary of Macomb and St. Clair County Fire Insurance Com- pany; in June, 1874. was elected Secretary. and still holds the position. Mr. Lyons is a Demoerat; has been Road Commissioner and Constable several terms, and now holds the office of Supervisor.
JOHN MCCAFFERTY. P. O. Romeo, is a son of John and Fanny (McManegal) Me- Cafferty; his father was one of the earliest settlers in the township of Bruce. where he located in the fall of 1826. Mr. MeCafferty was born October 20. 1835, and lived at home until the age of twenty-one, when he settled in Armada. January 14. 1862, he was mar- ried to Louisa, daughter of Horatio Hulett, of Armada. In March. 1873. he moved to his present farm on Seetion 6, Ray Township: he has always voted the Democratic ticket.
JOHN McINNIS. P. O. Davis, was born in Ireland March 15. 1821. He came to Canada in 1828, and remained there until 1865, when he settled in his present location, on Section 21. in Ray Township. on a portion of the Joseph Chubb estate. He was married. January 6, 1853, to Susan Hogg, a native of Canada. Following is the record of their nine children: Margaret J., born November 22. 1853, married Alfred Bliss and resides in Benzie County; James A .. born March 6, 1855. married Emma Green and resides in Ray Township; Thomas K .. born March 24, 1857; Mathew H., born November 28. 1858, died December 22, 1860; Rachel A., born May 5, 1861; Susan, August 1, 1862: Charlotte E., January 18, 1865; John H., born December 28, 1868. Mr. and Mrs. McInnis are members of the Congregational Church, and were actively interested in building the church at Ray Corners. Mr. McInnis is a Republican, and is at present Road Commissioner.
MRS. MARIA J. NYE was born July S, 1837: she is the daughter of Ira and Betsey Virgil. Mrs. Nye was a native of the State of New York; she came to Michigan in 1552. and was married. December 7, 1856, to Ezra Nye, of Ray. Mr. Nye was born October 10, 1836, and died October 9, 1881, on the farm on which he was born. at the age of forty-five; he was the son of Heman and Mary Ann Nye: they were natives of the State of New York. Ezra Nye was a Republican, and held the office of Town Clerk, to which he was elected in 1861, ten years, with the exception of two years within that time; he was elected Supervisor in 1871. and held the position ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Nye had eight children, born as follows: Burt, born May 13, 1%8; Mary, born July 10, 1859, married to Arthur Flint October 5, 1879: May, born March 11, 1862: Frank, born January 23, 1864: Fred, born November S, 1868; Olive, born September 14. 1870, died May 19. 1871; Olive (second), born September 13, 1875; Ivy. born November 21, 1876. Mrs. Nye owns a farm of 150 acres. situated on Sections 17, 20 and 21.
THOMAS PAINE, P. O. Davis, was born November 6, 1806, in the State of New York; is a son of Thomas and Sally Hartman Paine: the parents were natives of New York. In 1832, he came to Michigan with his mother, his father having previously died. Thomas took up four lots of Government land-two for his mother and two for himself; it was in the heart of the wilderness; not a tree had fallen by the white man's ax, and they were obliged to ent a road to reach their possessions. Mr. Paine has experienced all the vieis- situdes of the Michigan pioneer in the Territorial days. He was married. in 1832, to Eliz- abeth, daughter of Duncan and Margaret McGregor, natives of Scotland; Mrs. Paine was born in Greene County, N. Y .: they have had seven children, born as follows: Duncan, September 1, 1833 (see sketch); Benjamin, July 18, 1836; Sarah, May 18. 1838; Ran- som, November 14, 1840: James. November 1, 1842; Zachary, July 25. 1845; Margaret A., February 25, 1853. Ransom was a soldier in the civil war. and died in the hospital at
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Murfreesboro, Tenn., of typhoid fever, January 17, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Paine are mem- bers of the M. E. Church; he is a Republican; owns a fine farm of 120 acres.
DUNCAN PAINE, P. O. Davis, son of the above, was married, June 28, 1868, to Alvira, daughter of Crosby and Olive Wilber Gregory, natives of New York: they have four children-Jesse M., born May 9, 1869: Olive E., August IS, 1871: Lewis C., Decent- ber 7, 1573; Ida M., February 25, 1876. Mr. Paine is a Republican, and owns 160 acres of land on Sections 19 and 29.
NELSON PERRY, son of John and Rebecca King Perry, was born May 9, 1808, in Saratoga County, N. Y. : his parents moved to Seneca County, N. Y., where they passed the remainder of their lives. In the spring of 1833, Mr. Perry came to Michigan and settled where he now resides, on Section 1. Ray Township. He was married, in 1831. to Aurelia Clark, who died July 29. 1835, leaving one child. Clark, born November 22. 1832; he married Sarah Powell and lives in Lynn. St. Clair County. Mr. Perry was mar- ried a second time, to Susan Burlson, February 13, 1839; they have five children -- Min- erva, born June 4, 1841, married Henry Ward October 5, 1861: Lucy, April 8, 1843, mar- ried Archibald Powell November 12. 1858; Manley. August 18, 1846, married Emily Butter- field: John S., February 26, 1848, married Sarah Cooley January 1. 1868: Phoebe J., Jan- uary 12. 1854, married Thomas Benson July 3. 1869, died January 9, ISSO. All the children are living on or near the home farm. Mr. Perry has always been an adherent of the Democratic party.
D. S. PRIEST was born August 7, 1814, at Arlington. Bennington Co., Vt .: he is the son of Thomas Priest and Mary Ann Squires: his parents moved to Monroe County. N. Y., when he was five years of age: they gave him a good common-school education. and, at the age of nineteen, he commenced teaching school winters and working on the farm in summer for fourteen years, and boarded around the most of the time. He lived in the State of New York until he was twenty-four years old, when he moved to Michigan and bought a farm on Section 3, in the township of Ray. in the fall of 1837. He was married, September 23, 1841, to Charity, daughter of Isaac Thompson; they have had three children-Chester S. Priest, born March 12. 1843. married to Mary Adelia Allen in January, 1868, and now lives on the homestead; Laura C. Priest, born November 20. 1849. died February 28, 1850: Myron D., born August 1, 1853, and died March 27. 1869. Mr. Priest was an old-time Whig, and was in the merging of the political issues which signal- ized the end of the party: he became a Republican; he took an active part in politics, and was elected a Representative in the State Legislature from Macomb County in the fall of 1869, and again in 1871: he held that office two terms, in all, four years, acceptably to his constituents. When he first came to Michigan to live, he was elected from time to time School Inspector, and Justice of the Peace for many years, regardless of party ascendency ; they also elected him Supervisor from time to time for thirteen years: he has been one of the Directors of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Macomb and St. Clair Counties for several years, and is now Chairman of the board. He is a farmer, and they own 211 acres of valuable and finely improved land.
THOMAS READ, P. O. Romeo, was born on the Isle of Ely September 22, 1805; he is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Read, natives of England. He was married to Sarah Poole in April. 1827: they had one child. Mary Ann, born January 5, 1528, who died in 1848. Mr. Read pursued the occupation of farrier in all its branches while in England. He left his native country for America in June, 1834, landing in New York: he settled in Lockwood. N. Y .. and. the same fall, moved to Michigan and located in Erin, Macomb County, where he resided for thirty-three years, and. January 31, 1867. removed to his farm on the southeast quarter of Section 4. in Ray, containing ninety-seven acres. He was married again, to Ann, daughter of Eneas and Mary Gibson Bottomly. of Yorkshire.
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England; they have had six children, born as follows: Joseph, September 29, 1840, died in 1865; Sarah. born September 12, 1841, married Nicholas Smith and lives in Illinois; Thomas, born August 11, 1844, married Mary Arning; she left two children at her death; her husband married Alice Freeman and now lives in Ray: Elizabeth, born December 23, 1847, married P. B. Cade, of Ray Township. Mr. Read voted one Democratic ticket in this country, then acted with the Whigs and Free-Soil party until the organization of the Republican party, when he became an adherent of that politieal element: he has held the position of Constable several successive years; he was one of the signers of the petition to Congress for the admission of Michigan as a State; he was formerly a Methodist, and, during his membership, held the office of Steward, and took an active part as a class- leader; he is now a member of the Christian Church: Mr. Read was a Presbyterian in early life, but now belongs to the Christian society.
NORMAN REMINGTON was born April 4, 1818. in Monroe County, N. Y ; is the son of Daniel and Hannah (De Groff) Remington, natives of Connecticut; they settled in Niagara, N. Y., where the mother died in 1830, and soon after. the father, with his son Norman, came to Michigan, where they took up a farm in Washington Township, and another on Section 18, in Ray Township. His father was married again, in Mich- igan, to Hannah Shepard, sinee deceased. Norman Remington was married, in 1846, to Polly Gass; they have seven children-R. J. (see sketch); Rufus E., born February 2, 1852; Elvira; Palmyra, February 2, 1860; Harriet, 1859, died February 4, 1864; Arthur, 1861, died in 1864: Elmer, November 9, 1867. All were married but Elmer. Mr. Remington is a Republican in political faith. Daniel Remington died at ninety-six years of age; he was a smart, active man, and died from the effects of an in- jury in a saw mill from a flying slab.
R. J. REMINGTON, P. O. Romeo, son of Norman and Polly Gass Remington, was born February 4, 1849. Was married, October 17, 1877, to Ellen, danghter of Reuben and Fanny Cole, born December 4, 1852. They have had two children -- Leroy, born September 30, 1878, died September 5, 1881; and Nellie, born August 23, 1881. Mr. Remington owns a farm of 160 acres, and is a Republican in politics.
DONALD ROBERTSON, M. D., P. O. Armada, was born in Aberfeldie, Scotland, November 14, 1822; is a son of Robert and Susan (MeDonald) Robertson. He received his medical education at Edinburgh in the medical college under the instruction of Profs. Knox, Jamison and others, and received his diploma in 1840. He was married. August. 24, 1846, to Catherine, daughter of William and Isabella Fogo, who accompanied her to America. After he graduated, he went on a voyage to China and Hindostan. and while on the voyage discovered the cause of the aurora borealis. He sailed with his family for America in 1849, and arrived in the port of New York. He came to Michigan the same year and settled at Gray's Mill, in Ray, where he practiced his profession two years, and then settled on his present farm on Sections 11 and 12; he owns 250 acres of land, well improved, with a saw-mill and stave and heading manufactory; he has retired from the practice of his profession, and devotes his time to his agricultural and other interests. They have two children -Robert, born in Scotland August 11, 1848, married Irene Rich- ards and is a hardware merchant in Armada; William, born August 18, 1854. Mr. Rob- ertson was a Democrat when he came to this country, but the slavery question changed his views, and he has voted latterly with the Republicans. Dr. Robertson has held the office of Commissioner one year. Mr. Robertson and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, and Mrs. Robertson united with the Congregational Church at Ar- mada about twenty years ago.
JOSIAH T. ROBINSON, P. O. Romeo, was born January 2, 1807, in the township and county of Otsego, N. Y. ; is the son of David and Cattern (Tripp) Robinson; the latter
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was daughter of Lot Tripp. He married Roxada Nye January 26, 1829, and, in May, 1831, he moved to Detroit; he then located two miles from Brooklyn, Macomb County. where he remained one year, and removed to Hanscom's Corners and kept a public house a year; during the winter of 1835-36, he went East, returning in the spring, and, July 26, 1836, bought his present farm, on Section 21, Ray Township; he moved to Armada October 12, 1838, and opened a hotel and grocery, where he remained eight years; in March, 1846, he went to his farm, and, five years later. to the village of Baltimore; after a stay of over two years, he took up his residence again on his farm. Mrs. Robinson died April 21, 1881, leaving three children-Mortimer, born July 15, 1829, married Martha Heath and resides in Armada; Ruth, born July 5, 1832. married Charles R. Corey and resides in Ray; Arabella, born February 2, 1845, married Edwin C. Chubb and resides on her father's homestead. MIr. Robinson cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, and voted the Democratic ticket until 1856, when he voted for John C. Fremont, and has acted with the Republicans until the last Presidential election, when he voted for James B. Weaver. For the last twenty-nine years he has been a strict temperance man, and, with the excep- tion of one year, has held county or township offices. In 1872, he moved to New Haven, where he was elected Justice of the Peace, and remained two years; he has been engaged in the practice of law in this county for thirty years He has been a believer many years in the theory of mind controlling mind at any distance. When he came to this county, he was entirely destitute of means, but, by thrift and energy, has worked his way, until he owns 300 acres of land. He was made a Mason in 1838. and is now a member of the Romeo Chapter.
JOHN N. SELLECK, P. O. Romeo, son of Jonas and Rhoda Nickols Selleck, was born February 17, 1808, at Middlebury, Genesee Co., N. Y .; about 1816, his parents weut to Avon, Livingston Co. N. Y. Mr. S. went to Honeoye Falls, and there learned the trade of carpenter and joiner; in the spring of 1837, he moved to the place of his present home, on Section 5, Ray Township. He was married, in the spring of 1841, to Lucinda M. Davis, who was born July 26, 1816, and died October 15, 1844. Mr. Selleck was again married, November 29, 1849, to Delia, daughter of Col. Norman Perry; they have had six children-Auston, born December 14, 1850, died February 17, 1876; Susan L., born November 28, 1852; Harvey, born February 15, 1855, resides in Wisconsin; Rhoda B., born April 17, 1857. married Bruce Rowley and resides at Yankton, D. T .; Hattie E., born August 23, 1859; Charles, born December 6, 1861, lives in Wisconsin. About 1852, Mr. Selleck commenced keeping a public house, which he managed twenty-five years, on temperance principles; he has been Postmaster for six years; he was a Democrat by in- heritance, but, since the organization of the Republican party, he has been one of its ad- herents; he has acted as Chairman on the Committee on Bread, Butter, Cheese, etc., at the Macomb County Agricultural Fairs for more than twenty years in succession and was, by vote of the society, tendered a diploma for long and faithful services.
MRS. AUGUSTA SHELDEN, daughter of Harvey Parish, of Vermont, was born May 28, 1833, in Portville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. She accompanied her parents to this county in 1843, where she attended school, under the tuition of Dr. Chapman, of Balti- more, Mich., and Prof. Alonzo M. Keeler, of Armada, Prof. Stone and wife, of Oberlin, Ohio. At the age of twenty, she entered the normal school at Ypsilanti. under the care of Profs. Welsh. Sill, Mayhew and Frike, and was taught music and drawing by Profs. Goodison and Foote. Thus prepared, she entered upon the career of a professional teacher, which she pursued with success in Romeo, Oxford and Rochester; at the latter place, she was associated with the celebrated poet, Will H. Carleton. During her career as a teacher, she guided the elementary education of some twelve hundred pupils, many of whom are holding prominent positions in life. She was married, November 23, 1863, 54
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