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MACOMB COUNTY GRANGE.
The Grangers of this county met at Grange Hall, Mt. Clemens, November 30, 1881, and organized the Macomb County Grange. The attendance was large, and the lodge
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was organized by James Cook, of Adrian. a Deputy of the State Grange. Officers as fol- lows: M .. A. H. Canfield; O .. W. S. Hart; Secretary, T. J. Shoemaker; Lecturer. John MeKay: Treasurer, H. D. Atwood; Steward, W. A. Stone; Assistant Steward, A. J. Leon- ardson: Chaplain, J. C. Cady: Gate-keeper, Albert Fuller; Ceres. Mrs. A. H. Canfield; Pomona, Mrs. W. S. Hart: Flora. Mrs. J. C. Cady; Steward, A. J. Leonardson.
FINE STOCK.
One of the great industries of the county is that known as fine stock-raising. From an early day in the history of Macomb, the attention of the farming community has been directed to the growth of fine stock, and. perhaps, in no other county of the State has this attention been attended with higher results. Throughont the length and breadth of Ma- comb, the stock-raiser is found to have attained an excellence in his art, which has won for the county an enviable name.
First among the breeders of Short-Horn cattle was Ira Phillips, deceased. His son, G. W. Phillips, continues what was so well begun by his father. The history of the Phillips herd is as follows: In 1847, G. W. Phillips, of Romeo, commenced the breeding of Short-Horns. The cows that were at the foundation of this herd were from the impor- tations of Thomas Weddle, of Rochester. N. Y., and T. A. Newbold, of Conewagus, near Avon. N. Y. The first bull used was Young Splendor 3611. This bull is said to have been an extra good one, both in quality and make-up, and for which Mr. Phillips refused liberal offers from parties who desired to return him to his native State, New York. Young Splendor won first premium at the first State fair held in Detroit, in 1849. being led there by President Phillips when a boy, and continued to win first premium at each successive State fair until quite an aged bull. Following Splendor came Col. Fremont. 1876; then came the Thirteenth Duke of Oxford. 3SS1; then Llewellyn 6956, Sheldon's Duke. 7260, Hotspur 4030. Gloster of Ingham 17184, Rufus 18275, all of which, except Splendor, are the descendants of the famous Duke of Gloster.
Cattle from this herd have been sent into the Eastern, Western and Southern States, where they have formed the basis of a new stock.
John McKay commenced the raising of Short-Horn cattle in 1869. At that time he purchased Phoenix 11, from Mr. Phillips, and subsequently made additions to the same family. At the head of this herd, on the male side, is Wild Eyes, No. 25167, bred by Avery & Murphy, of Port Huron. Mr. MeKay is a successful breeder of cattle, and is building up a reputation in this department of agriculture. Among others equally noted as cattle-raisers are John Hagerman, Robert N, Mckay, William H. Reed. Robert Milli- ken, B. F. Poole, William Rowley, Lewis Drake, P. K. Leech, George Townsend. W. H. Campbell, B. F. Poole and others. Mr. Poole established his stock in the fall of 1866.
SHEEP-RAISERS.
One of the first to introduce an improve l breed of sheep into this county was Hiram Taylor, who imported from Vermont several fine Spanish merinos. After him, the late
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Nathan Dickenson and John Taylor made important importations. Foremost among the sheep-raisers of the present time is A D. Taylor. About 1548. he purchased a number of sheep from Taft, of Bloomfield, N. Y., derived from the Avery flock of pure Atwood stock. He imported, also, from the Vermont flocks of L. P. Clark and O. H. & W. Bascomb, and from E. S. Hall, of Genesee County, N. Y .. all of the finest breed. In February, 1879, he purchased a ewe, aged ten years, for which he paid $150. Within three months, this ewe produced a pair of lambs, which sold for $250 each. In December following, a ewe lamb was produced, which sold for $150. In the spring of ISS1. a pair of lambs was produced. valued at $200, making a net profit of $850 in three years. The pair of lambs was sent to Vermont and thence to the National Exposition at New York. Recently, one of the sheep from the Taylor flock was shipped to Australia.
Eli G. Perkins is another successful sheep-breeder. He entered upon this branch of farming in 1870, when he purchased forty of the Taft flock from A. D. Taylor. These he sold in 1873, and supplied their place by a flock from Lusk. of Batavia, N. Y., to which he has added since, so that his sheep now number seventy Addison ewes. He and his son are careful sheep-raisers.
John C. Thompson established a flock in the fall of 1870, by the purchase of twenty ewes from A. D. Taylor. In Jannary, 1878, he purchased from the Sanfords, and from Bascomb, of Vermont, some fine breeds. In February, 1879, he purchased a stock-ram from Atwood, of Vermont, and also from Ellsworth. of Middlebury, Vt., a flock of twenty-nine ewes. The stock-ram Addison was purchased in ISSI from Clark, of Ver- mont. He has made very important additions to his flock from time to time.
Fulton P. Goyer purchased of J. C. Thompson ten Michigan merino ewes, and es- tablished a flock in 1SS1: subsequently, he bought twenty-eight ewes from the same grower, together with seven ewes from A. D. Taylor. at a cost of $700. He also purchased fourteen ewes from Mr. Taylor in 1882, all tracing back to the Atwoods and noticed in the Vermont Sheep Registry. and has thus founded a flock which gives promise of equal- ing that of any other breeder of the time in Michigan. Among the noted sheep-breeders of the county, the names of the following are given: Tim Lockwood. Chester Andrus, the Thoringtons. P. M. Bentley, Edward Randall and others. Mr. Bentley is a prominent breeder of Spanish morino sheep; for the past twenty-two years. He established his stock by the purchase of Michigan merino sheep, to which he added a number imported from from Western New York.
FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
In the summer of 1874, a number of prominent citizens of Macomb County assembled at the village of Washington to consider the advisability of forming a Mutual Fire In- surance Company, insuring farm property and detached residences, in Macomb County ex- clusively. No definite action was taken at this meeting. The proposition, however, was agitated throughout the fall of 1873 and the winter of 1874 and 1875. During the sum- mer of 1875, the matter began to assume shape, and 100 citizens had engaged with Loren
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Andrus and Wm. W. Vaughan to insure their property to an amount not exceeding $200, - 000, in a company organized as above indicated. As a preliminary step to the organiza- tion of the company, as required by law, the following declaration was published:
We, the undersigned, citizens of Macomb County, in the State of Michigan, do hereby declare our intention to form a Mutual Fire Insurance Company, agreeable to the provisions of an art of the Legislature of this State, entitled, An act to provide for the incorporation of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, and defining their powers and duties. Approved April 15, A. D. 1873.
This declaration was signed by Loren Andrus, Washington; Horace H. Cady, Macomb; John B. St. John, Sterling; Arnold Harword, Warren; Robert Mckay, Bruce; P. M. Bentley, Macomb, and Willard A. Wales, Shelby.
A meeting of the corporators was held in the village of Washington August 22. 1875, at which a charter and set of by-laws were adopted, and the following officers of the com- pany elected: President, Robert Mckay; Vice President, Horace Cady: Treasurer, T. S. Crissman: Secretary, William W. Vaughan; Directors, John B. St. John, Loren Andrus, P. M. Bentley, Arnold Harwood, Willard A. Wales.
Soon after this meeting and preivous to the commencement of business, T S. Cussi- nan and Willard A. Wales severed their connection. Charles Andrus, of Armada, was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Willard A. Wales, and Andrew J. Sykes that of T. S. Crissman. The charter was submitted to the Attorney General and certified to by him as being in accordance with Act No. 382, Session laws of 1873. Same was approved by the Commissioner of Insurance November 20, 1875. The Farmers' Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company of Macomb County was an assured fact, and its first policy was issued on this day to Robert McKay, President of the association. The statistics of the company, taken from the annual reports to the Commissioner of Insurance will illus- trate its growth and present popularity: they also indirectly indicate the formation of this association to be the result of an actual need felt by the farmers of Macomb County:
Number
Amount of Risk.
Amount of Asses-ment.
Year.
Number of Members. 976
Amount of Risk. $1,805,069
Amount of Assessment.
1875
100
$ 278,000
1879
$1,700 41
1876
499
1.031,915
. .
1880
1,153
2,062,379
857 00
1877
666
1,347,896
1881
1,230
2,156,329
3,861 46
1878
801
1,529,409
$2.455 57
Year.
of Members.
Assessments. - Four assessments have been levied up to this date. In 1878, $2 per $1,000 insured; in 1879, $1.14; in 1880, 48 cents; in 1881, $1.94. An average cost of 92 cents per year on each $1,000 insured since the commencement of business, November 20, 1875.
The present officers of the company are: President, Robert Mckay: Vice President, Charles Andrews; Treasurer, Andrew J. Sykes; Secretary. William W. Vaughan; Direc- tors, P. M. Bentley, C. Cady, Loren Andrus. T. L. Common, William H. Harvey and William C. Milton.
The company holds an annual meeting for the election of officers the first Wednesday in February each year.
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LOSSES.
NAMES OF LOSERS.
Township.
| Section.
Property.
Cause.
Date of Loss.
Amount Pd.
No.
1 J. J. Crissman
Washington
20 Three hogs
Lightning
Aug. 1, 1876 ...
$50 00
2 Charles Davis
Ray
31 Dwelling
Fire.
November. 1876
300 00
3 Geo. E. Broman
Armada
8 Dwelling
Fire
April 26, 1877 ..
900 00
4 William Harling.
Sterling
9'Dwelling and contents. Fire
May 19, 1877 ...
300 00
5 F. Prieho.
Clinton
130 One sheep.
Lightning
July 12, 1877 ...
3 00
6 A. Klein.
Warren
2 One cow
Lightning
Aug. 31, 1877 ...
23 00
7 G. E. Graves
Washington
30 Damage to Barn
Lightning
Ang. 31, 1877 ...
25 45
SJ. E. Crawford ..
Sterling
33 Dwelling and contents. 32 Barn and contents.
Fire
March 14, 1878.
425 00
10'George Mulvey
Clintou
31 Colt.
Lightning
Aug. 1. 1878 ...
90 00
11 Edward Pettiboue
Richmond
19 Barns damaged.
Lightning
Aug. 1, 1878 .....
40 00
12 Albert D. Baker
Ray
S Barns and contents aud stacks of grain ... Fire
Aug. 18, 1878 ...
730 02
13, Liberty B. Calkins ..
Bruce.
2 Damage to house
Chimney buroing out. Jan. 1 1879.
25 00
14 A. K. Snover
Washington
11 Damage to house.
Sparks from chimney. March 16, 1879.
1 00
15 L. W. Cook
Warren.
5 Damage to house
Sparks from chimney. Feb. 14, 1879 ....
6 25
16 Wm. A. Warwick
Chesterfield
23 Damage to barn
Lightning ..
July 11, 1879 ...
5 00
17 ℃. C. Crisman
Washington
29 Damage to houss and contents. Fire
Dec. 14. 1879 ...
2 00
18 Robert MeKay.
Bruce.
14 Barn and contents
Fire Jan. 30, 1880 ...
250 00
19 1. B. Vaughan.
Washington
38 Damage to contents bouse.
Fire
Jan. 31, 1880 ...
2 50
20 David Fogo
Richmond
19 Damage to contents bouse
Fire
Jan. 30, 1880 ...
6 00
21 0. and P. L. Ilarris ..
Lenox
20 Outside cellar.
Fire Feb. 19, 1880 ..
10 00
22 C. G. White.
Washington
17 Damage to barn.
Lightning
July 10, 1880 ...
1 45
23 Henry Moyers
Washington
21|Damage to barn.
Lightning
July 10, 1880 ...
8 00
24. Frederick Schroeder Erin
21 Barn and contents.
Lightning July 10, 1880 ...
100 00
25|H. and A. E. De Groff. Ray
29 Barn. shed aod contents Lightning
Ang. 19, 1880 ...
911 76
26 Albert Hovey
Washington
2 Damage to house.
Fire
Nov. 15, 1880 ...
125 00
27 David G. Farr
Chesterfield
5 Damage to house.
Fire Nov. 17, 1880 ...
16 91
28 J. and C. Treufant ...
Clinton
8 Barn, contents and straw stack. Fire
Nov. 30, 1880 ...
795 00
29 Joseph Emerson. Sterling
& Tenant house ...
Fire
Feb. 20, 1881 ...
500 00
30 Mahaffy & Knox Bruce
24. House and contents ..
Fire
March 10, 1881.
629 45
31 Henry Wales
Erin.
20 Damage to house.
Fire
April 5, 1881
8 00
32 Daniel E. Frost Washington
13 Damage to house.
Fire
May 28, 1881 ...
6 58
33 Thomas F. Dryer .. Lenox
18 Four sheep.
Lightning
July 12, 1881. .
8 00
Totol amount losses paid since organized, to December 31, 1881
$6,512 87
FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
The Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Macomb and St. Clair Counties was organized at the Ridgeway Hotel, or Beebe House, August 1, 1863. Robert Irwin pre- sided, with Samnel Goodsell Secretary. After the adoption of the charter, the following officers were elected: Aratus Smith, President; James S. Durfee, Vice President; Robert Irwin, Secretary; C. D. Crittenden, Loren Andrus, J. S. Kimball, A. W. Freeman and Manson Farrar, Directors. The charter members were Loren Andrus, P. W. Bentley, Calvin Davis, George W. Phillips, Erastus Day, George H. Cannon, Charles C. Leech, William Canfield, Henry Fries, Aratus Smith, Norman Perry, Hiram Taylor, Abraham Wells, George N. Chillser, Cornelius Jeffers, James C. Cox, Alex S. Barnard, Peter F. Brakeman. Charles McMullan and James O. Roberson.
30
Fire
Feb. 27, 1878 ...
308 00
9P. Gaghgin
Erin
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HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY.
Aratus Smith continued President until 1865, when Joseph C. High was appointed. Mr. High was elected in 1866, and held the office until 1865. when R. H. Jenks was elected. The Secretaries of the company were Robert Irwin, elected in 1863: W. B. Bartlett, 1870; Watson W. Lyons, elected in 1874; holds the position at present.
The Directors have been:
1864 -J. C. High, C. S. King, Amos N. Freeman, Charles McMullan, Loren Andrus. 1865- - Same officers.
1866-H. H. Cady. R. H. Jenks, Charles Andrews, William A. Parsons, L. S. King, A. W. Clark.
1867-H. H. Cady. C. S. King, W. A. Parsons, George H. Stuart.
1868 -Michael Plant, Silas Hart, E. W. True, Samuel Jones, Mason Cole.
1869 - - Officers re-elected.
1870-David Weeks, S. Jones, M. Plant, Henry Fries, S. S. Hart, James Durfee.
1871-Albert Sperry, D. S. Priest.
1872-David Weeks, C. D. Crittenden.
1873 -- G. Schuchard, M. Plant.
1874 -D. S. Priest, John M. Hart.
1875 -- P. D. Smith, C. S. King.
1876-M. Plant, G. Schuchard.
1877-D. S. Priest Myron Kinyon.
1878-C. S. King, George H. Cannon.
1879 Gustave Suchard, MI. Plant.
1880 -D. S. Priest, Myron Kenyon.
1881-L. M. Sperry, Stephen B. Cannon.
The following table points out the progress made since 1869. The statistics for the previous years are not given, but it may be said that the same ratio of advance marked the transactions of the company from 1863 to 1868:
Year.
No. of Members.
Risks.
Added.
Year. 1876
No. of Members.
Risks.
Added.
1869
1,830
$2.818,255
3,415
$4,964,590
$ 27,905
1870
2,300
3,600,000
$681.745
1877
3,990
5,621,044
656,454
1871
2,800
3,800,000
506,000
1878
4,271
5,646,284
566,673
1873
3.383
5,208,809
432,135
1879
4,496
5,796.295
539.774
1874
3.419
5,014,765
196,770
1880
3,839
4,809,202
325,918
1875
3.415
4.936,685
78,080
1881
4,125
5,072.786
362,577
Agricultural statistics will be found in the chapter of county finances and statistics.
THE SHEEP-SHEARERS' ASSOCIATION.
This society was organized a few years ago. Its second annual meeting was held May 2. 1882 in the large building at the Fearnaught Driving Park, Romeo. Owing to the ex- treme coolness of the weather, two or three, at least, of our sheep men, declined to shear their sheep after their arrival on the grounds. Notwithstanding this and other drawbacks, the exhibition in point of attendance, and in quality of stock exhibited, was the finest ever held in this part of the State. There were many exhibitors, although all did not have
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their sheep sheared. There were nineteen shearers engaged the greater part of the day, seven of whom competed for the prize. Outside of the building, the agricultural men had everything their own way and exhibited their improvements to large crowds of interested people. Among the visitors from abroad were Editor Gibbon of the Michigan Farmer: Butterfield, of the Post and Tribune: J M. Norton and J. Van Hoosen, of Avon, T. M. Wycoff, of the Pontiac Gazette; J. Evarts Smith, of Ypsilanti, a noted breeder of merino sheep
A citizens' purse of $10 was competed for by the shearers with the following result: First prize, Corneel Lewis, $4; second prize, David Tucker, $3: third prize, E. F. Thomas, $2; fourth prize, Levi W. Cole. $1.
The whole number of sheep exhibited was ninety-three. The following is the tabu- lated statement of the result of the shearing:
REGULAR
NUMBER.
AGE OF SHEBEP.
AGT. OF FLEECE ..
WEIGHT OF FLEECE.
WEIGHT OF CARCASS.
122
J. W. Thorington e.
352
17
14
110
55
W. E. Myers r ...
383
15
1
101
P. M. Bentley & Son e
345
15
10}
793
P. M. Bentley & Son
3-45
14
11
78
P. P. Andrews r.
413
18
6
105
C. E. Lockwood r.
4
352
17
8
88
56
J. M. Thorington e.
65
J. M. Thorington e
395
12
13
87
313
J. C. Thompson r
381
14
41
67
104
A. D. Taylor e.
9
356
18
114}
266
A. D. Taylor e.
3
356
21
861
256
J. C. Thompson e
355
14
91
63
W. E. Myerse ...
1
380
13
15
57
41
J. C. Thompson e.
6
355
13
31
68
378
J. E. Lockwood e.
2
352
16
14%
714
401
A. Taylor and J. M. Thorington r.
1
375
19
15
92+
27
J. G. Perkins r.
1
426
16
13
109}
Bishop & Chapin r.
352
20
93
112
. .
A. D. Taylor. Genesee r.
1
395
18
. .
1
395
12
8
69
9
J. G. Perkins r ..
1
365
15
6
99}
336
J. W. Thorington e.
·2
252
18
2
96
107
J. M. Thorington r.
3
357
23
4
114
4
J. W. Thorington e
2
352
19
10
81+
A. D. Taylor r.
34
J. M. Thorington e.
375
17
13
963
69
J. M. Thorington e.
375
12
1
963
170
Ed Randall r.
3
357
.
91}
Dawson West r.
346
18
4
115J
122
J. W. Thorington r.
2 =1221142111 1 1 1 1 1 1
395
18
33
. . .
375
15
315
J. C. Thompson r.
401
15
63
1513
J. A. Paton r.
93
P. M. Bentley e.
P. P. Andrews e. . .
353
16
13}
21
P. M. Bentley r.
1
395
15
14}
92
352
22
Mr. John C. Thompson, of Romeo, exhibitea a fleece shorn a day or two before the exhibition, from a two-year-old ram, which weighed thirty-one and three fourths pounds.
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HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY.
CHAPTER XXVII.
NECROLOGY.
In the chapter devoted to township history and biography. reference is made to the pioneers and old settlers of Macomb who are gone to the land beyond the grave. To insure a more precise notice, their names are grouped under this heading, and, in a great num- ber of instances, a brief sketch is given, while in other cases, the name of the pioneer is merely subscribed. From the records of the Pioneer Society, it is learned that the necrol- ogy of the pioneers comprises the following names:
Christian Clemens, Augustus Richards, Ashael Bailey, William Abbot. Nathaniel Bennett, N. T. Taylor, Isaac Thompson. James Thompson. George Smith, Reuben R. Smith, John Smith, Aratus Smith, Isaac Powell, Abram Powell. George Powell, Joseph Sikes, Jonas Crissman, John Proctor, Josiah Hamlin, Norman Perry, Hosea Northrup. Darius Sessions, Seaman Fillmore, Alva Sibley. A. Draper, Charles Davis, A. Pettibone, Solomon Dewey, Solomon Lathrop, Nathan Adams, Horace Heath, Michael Devine, Sam- uel Snover, Silas Scott, Silas Hayden, Nathan Nye, Jefferson Nye, Albert Nye, Heman Nye, John Garvin, Prescott B. Thurston, Aaron B. Rawles, Thomas Eldred. Good- ing, -- Goodyear, Azariah Prentiss, John Townsend, William Baker, James Sharpstien, John Stranahan, Crippen, Alexander Tackles, John Taylor, Joseph Chubb, John Crawford, Charles Fowler, Elder Warren, George Bowerman, Z. Hayden, Russell Day, Daniel Day, Nathan Dickinson, Carlton Newbury, Rev. Taylor. Dr. Neil Gray, B. Free- man, Sr., Osni Miller, G. Powell, Sr .. -- Wood, Sumner Pierce, Colatinus Day, Deloss Conklin, John Armstrong, Myron Armstrong, Whitbeck, Minot. T. Lane, - - Bishop, Sr .. Cyrus Hopkins, Chauncey Throop, George Throop, Nathan Keeler, Squire Parmellee, Henry Collins, -- Gould, William Allen, Howard, Isaac Taft, Elisha Smith, John Soule. Clinton Soule, Squire Lawrence, Hiram Hopkins, Roswell Webster, Albert Finch, Ezra Finch, Sylvester Finch, James Leslie, Benjamin Leslie. Gideon Gates, Sewell Hovey, A. Sterling, Noah Cooley, Benjamin Cooley, George Brabb, Isaac Brabb, Marvel Shaw, James Thorington, - Cusick, James Hosner, Aden Taft, --- Deusing, John Holland, Wilbur, - Stitt, Ed Arnoldi, Joel Turrell, Philip Price, Hemy Price, John Price, Peter Price, Noah Webster, Benjamin Freeman, Moses Freeman, William Hall. Carpus Redway, Andrew Southerland, David Southerland, Charles Chamberlain, Joseph Peters, Asa Curtis. Parker Adams, Asa Palmer, Asa Holman, Levi Holman, Nathaniel Cole. Charles Marble, Henry Lee, Deacon Goodell, Williard Church. Wiley Bancroft, Ira Phil- lips, George Chamberlain, --- Chamberlain, James Starkweather, Job Howell, Albert Edget, Peter Edget, Iddo Warner, Sylvester Warner, Edmund Stewart. Peter Woodbeck, Joseph Donaldson, James Donaldson, David Donaldson, Rev. Andrews, Peter Aldrich, Fred Aldrich, Ira Aldrich, Darius Finch. Tobias Finch, Melanchton Chamberlin, Chaun- cey Chamberlin, Albert Aldrich, Elijah Burke, Norman Burch, Allen Frost, John Hall, William A. Burt, Deacon Calkins, Ben McGregor. Ben Crissman, Lazarus Green, Bur- chard Throop, George Wilson, Otis Lamb, and Messrs. Haines and Moyers.
In the following list, a large number of the deceased old settlers of Macomb are treated biographically, and the list brought down to the present time:
Reuben R. Smith, of Ray Township, died April 27, 1866, aged sixty-nine years.
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Mrs. Mary Matthews died May 5, 1866, aged seventy-one years.
Mrs. Mercy A. Giddings died November 22, 1866, aged fifty two years. Stephen Giles, of Ray. died suddenly March 18, 1867.
Dr. Benjamin C. Sutherland died at his home in Ray Township, January 31. 1867. in the fifty-seventh year of his age. He was born in Rutland County, Vt., June, 1810. He studied medicine at Lewiston, N. Y., came to Michigan in 1836, and settled near Romeo.
George Chandler died at Romeo February 18. 1867, aged sixty-six years. He located there in 1845.
Asa Curtiss, of Armada, died of apoplexy, at Romeo, March 15, 1867.
Mrs. Matilda Ward, wife of Andrew Ward, of Armada, died suddenly March 19, 1867.
Chauncey H. Whitney, Secretary of the County Agricultural Society, died at Utica April 21, aged fifty-five years.
Joshua Smith died at Almont July 29, 1867, aged eighty years.
James Benjamin fell forty feet from the staging of a church at Dryden, Lapeer County, and was instantly killed. September 12, 1867.
E. L. Stone, of Washington Township, died November 7, 1867.
Wesley Willey, of Ray. died suddenly January 25. 1868.
Mrs. Hugh Norton died in Macomb Township February 14, 1868.
Joseph Moyres died in Washington Township in April, 1866.
Mrs. Elijah Thorington died suddenly March 21, 1868.
Mrs. Sarah Beekman died March 31. 1865, aged seventy-five years.
Eli Mussey, father of Dexter Mussey. died August 18, 1868, aged eighty-eight years. Mrs. Sarah Harvey died suddenly September 19. 1865. aged sixty-eight years. She was born at Morristown, N. J.
William Chandler, formerly of Romeo, was accidentally killed at Cleveland, Ohio. October 10, 1868.
Mrs. James Starkweather was killed a few miles north of Baltimore, Md .. November 16, 1868, by being run over by the cars. She was born at Clarkson. N. Y., July 14, 1807, and came to Michigan in June. 1525.
Dr. Neil Gray died December 14. 1868. He was born at Kenwilligg, Ayrshire. Scot- land. in 1802. and, thirty years later located the Gray farm in Macomb County.
Dr. Reuben Nims died at his home in Washington Township February 2. 1869, in his seventy-fifth year. He was born in Berkshire County, Mass.
Gurdon Hovey died at Romeo June 11. 1870. It is stated that he was a centenarian. Mrs. Celia Van Atter died at the home of A. M. Leach. Romeo. December 13. 1870. aged seventy-five years.
Mrs. Emma Lathrop, of Armada, died March 21. 1871, aged seventy-five years. Luther Farrar died March 12, 1870.
Mrs. Clarissa Goff died in Shelby. Mich .. April 8, 1871, aged eighty-one years. She was the wife of Harvey Goff, and daughter of Squire Goff. the first Baptist preacher who settled at Rush, Monroe Co .. N. Y. She was born near Hartford, Conn.
William M. Connor, a soldier of the United States in the late war, died at Mt. Clem- ens May 14, 1871.
Neil Gray, son of Dr. Neil Gray, died at Romeo June 10, 1871. Mrs. Lemrock Bailey died August 7, 1871, at Union, Canada West. As Miss Mary ette Curson, she was favorably known to old settlers.
Mrs. Eliza Carpenter, aged sixty-one years, died tragically August 25, 1871.
Manly Thurston met a tragic death in 1870.
Aaron B. Rawles, one of the pioneers of Romeo, and one of its most prominent citi-
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zens, died April 4, 1872. He was born at Albany, N. Y .. in 1812, and eame to Detroit in 1832, and to Romeo in 1834.
Mrs. Levi D. Chamberlain died at Romeo June 27, 1872. She was born in Sehenec- tady County, N. Y., June 15, 1793. In 1813, she was married to Levi D. Chamberlain.
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