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Charles Peltier, aged seventy-eight years, died at Mt. Clemens June 27, 1872. He served with the Irish and French under Richard Smythe in the war of 1812, and settled at Mt. Clemens in 1814.
Mrs. Fannie Baldwin was born in Sussex County, N. J., in 1794; married Nehemiah Baldwin, who died in 1832; came to Michigan with her daughter, Mrs. Jeremiah Ayres, in 1841, and died at Romeo August 24, 1872.
Dr. J. E. Davis was born in Shelby Township in 1825; settled in Macomb Township as a practicing physician about forty years ago, and died there August 23, 1872.
Mrs. Lydia Adams Buzzell died at the house of her son, Martin Buzzell, November 10, 1872, aged eighty-seven years. The lady was born in 1787, being the first white ehild born in the town of St. Johnsbury, Vt. She came to Romeo in 1831.
Jeremiah Curtiss died in Shelby Township November 3, 1872, aged eighty years. He was born near Albany, N. Y., August 2, 1793: served in the war of 1812: married Mercy Ewell June 10, 1817; moved West in 1832 and settled in Shelby, where he lived continuously until his death.
Aaron Stone died in Washington Township November 28, 1872, aged eighty-two years. He settled in Washington Township in 1820, and dwelt there until his decease.
Isaac Monfore died April 28. 1871, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, at his resi- denee in the village of Disco.
Mrs. Suel Hovey, formerly Lucinda Holmes. was born at Derby, Vt., October 13. 1798; married Suel Hovey in January, 18IS, and, coming with her husband and family to Michigan in May, 1826, settled in Macomb County in June of that year. She died August 31, 1877.
(feorge Hovey, born in Genesee County, N. Y., in 1819, came to Michigan about 1829: was married in 1843, and deceased November 25, 1879. His death was sudden. Having left for the timber lands of Nathan Eldred. for the purpose of chopping logs, at an early hour, and not returning, his daughters induced some neighbors to go in search of him. Those searchers found him in the woods dead.
Mrs. Ruth Thurston, wife of B. H. Thurston, died March 1, 1873. She was born in Madison. N. Y., in 1814.
Suel Hovey, born at Lebanon, N. H., March 9, 1875, died at his residence, one mile north of Romeo, March 2, 1873. The deceased moved westward in advance of the civil- izers, and was from his boyhood a pioneer. After the war of 1812, he became acquainted with Lueinda Holmes, and married her January 25, 1818.
John Wesley Shaw, born in Canada October 3. 1539, died at Romeo March 3, 1573. He was married to Maggie Overton April 17, 1567.
Miss Sophia Chamberlin, formerly of Romeo, died in Alabama December 2, 1872.
James Starkweather was born October 26, 1801, at Norwich, Conn. He came to Michigan in September, 1824, and settled in the township of Washington; moved into Bruce in 1826, and to Romeo in 1872, where he died February 10, 1873.
Hannah Miller, wife of Daniel Miller, died March S, 1873. Her maiden name was Phillips. She was born at Rush, Monroe Co., N. Y., May 9, 1811. In 1833, she married Nicholas Wheeler, and with him moved to Chicago, Ill. He dying in 1841 left her at liberty to marry Daniel Miller, October 9, 1843, with whom she came to Macomb County.
William P. Washer, father of George Washer, died suddenly April 25. 1873. The deceased was born in Sussex County, N. J., in 1801.
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Mrs. William McKay died suddenly while attending a meeting at M. E. Church, June 8, 1873. at Romeo.
George Wilson died in Washington Township July 17, 1873, aged eighty-six years. He visited Detroit in 1810.
The sudden death of Mrs Charles Washburne, of Armada, was recorded August 18, 1873.
Miss Elizabeth Farrar, formerly of Romeo, died at Detroit August 21, 1873, aged seventy years.
John S. Smith, father of Mrs. Samuel H. Ewell, was born at Galon, Monroe Co., N. Y., June 4, 1809; came to Michigan in February, 1832, and located near Tremble's mill, in Bruce, moving subsequently into Lapeer. He died Angust 22, 1873.
Asa Jenner, of Ray Township, died September 3, 1873, at the age of seventy-four years. He was born in New Jersey, and lived in Ray for over a quarter of a century. Mrs. Nancy Ewell died at Romeo September 4, 1873. She was born in Worcester County, Mass., March 15, 1781; married Samuel Ewell December 13. 1506. She came to Romeo with her husband in May, 1836.
Abram T. Powell died September 9. 1873. He settled in Washington Township in 1827.
James Maher died at Romeo September 7. 1873. aged sixty-two years. He was born in Oneida County, N. Y.
John Reynolds, of Bruce, died September 10, 1873, aged seventy-six years. He was born in Ireland in 1797.
John Campeau, one of the soldiers of the war of 1812, died at his home, in Harrison Township, September 21, 1873, aged eighty-seven years. He was born at Detroit Tan- nary 9, 1786, and served in Mack's company of Michigan infantry in 1812.
Peter Price, born at Rush, N. Y., January 16, 1806, settled in Washington Township in 1823, and died at Bronson, Branch Co., Mich., October 22, 1873.
Dr. Caleb Carpenter died at St. Louis, Mich., October 19, 1873. He settled at Romeo in 1830, and resided there until he removed to Almont, in 1835.
Mrs. Cynthia A. (Luman) Preston, born at Ridgeway, Orleans Co., N. Y., in 1826. settled in Macomb County in 1836: married Luman Preston October 14, 1847: died No- vember 15, 1873.
Valaria E. French, daughter of Harvey G. and Mary S. French, born in Lenox, Ma- comb Co., Mich., July 18, 1842, died November 12, 1873. from the effects of poison ad- ministered by her own hand.
The wife of Joel Thompson died December 30, 1873. Her request that she should not be buried for a week after her death was complied with.
G. G. Deshon died at Utica December 27. 1873. He came to Michigan in 1831. accompanied by his brother. A. G., and the Hon. H. P. Baldwin. both shoemakers.
Edmund Thompson, an old resident of Armada, died February 3, 1874, aged sixty- nine years. He was born in Cayuga County. N. Y. He was a soldier in the late war.
John Townsend died January 5, 1874. He was born in Greene County, N. Y., July, 1793; came to Washington in 1832 and located lands in Bruce Township.
Van R. Ames, of Romeo, died January 10, 1874. aged thirty-seven years, thirty-three years of which were passed in that village.
Mrs. Mercy Curtiss, born at Norwich. Mass .. September 20, 1793, died at Shelby, Macomb County, January 8. 1874. aged seventy-six years. She was an immigrant of 1832.
E. W. True died at Armada January 18, 1874. He was born at Durham, Me., Octo- ber 4, 1806; came to Michigan in 1845, and located at Armada in 1848.
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Thomas C. Colles, formerly a resident of Ray Center, died at St. Louis, Mo .. Jan- mary 21. 1874.
John Garvin, born at Hartwick, Vt., in 1789, came to Michigan in 1833, and died at his home, in Washington Township. April 23, 1874.
Harriet Stanton died at the residence of her son, Eber Denison, Oxford, April 20. 1874. in her seventy-fifth year.
Manilla L. Freeman, aged forty years, died May 1, 1874. She was an old resident of Washington Township.
Mrs. Raymond died June 12, 1874. She came to Romeo in 1838, and made it her home.
Mrs. Margaret A. Foe, aged sixty-six years, died at Armada June 22, 1874.
Darius Sessions died at his residence. Armada, June 30. 1674. He lived in the township for forty-eight years. He was born May 8. 1804, a native of Tolland County, Vt.
George Bowerman, an old settler of Washington Township, died February 3, 1875. David Greene died February 18, 1875. He was born at Berlin. Rensselaer Co .. N. Y .. in 1808, and settled in Michigan in 1845.
Albert Finch, the senior member of the Finch family, was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1775. In 1800, he moved to Ontario County, where he located near the families of Bailey and Gates, whose names are so closely interwoven with the history of Romeo. In 1823-24, he located at Indian Village, near or on the site of the fair-grounds. The family was progressing, when their son. Alanson, was reported missing. From that moment, sorrow and despair seem to hold possession of the household, until the father and mother of the lost child were relieved of their sorrows by the grave. The sub-chief, Kanobe, was always looked upon by these pioneers as the principal agent in the abduction.
Isaac Taft, one of the pioneers of Bruce. died March 18, 1875, aged seventy years.
Hugh Morton, a prominent member of the Union Farmers' Club, died in March, 1875. Mrs. Mary S. Johnson died March 19, 1875. aged sixty-five years.
Mrs. John Orr, formerly Mrs. Weldon, died March 21, 1875, aged seventy-two years. Sho came from New York State at an early date, and was among the first settlers of Rich- mond.
Joseph A. Holland died at Romeo April 23, 1875. He was born in Washington Township November 3, 1828.
Mrs. George D. Hovey died April 26, 1878, aged about sixty years.
Mrs. Phoebe Sikes, formerly a resident of Macomb, died at Table Grove, Fulton Co .. Ill., May 1, 1875.
Hiram Calkins died at Imlay City June 4, 1875, aged eighty-three years. His re- mains were interred at Mt. Vernon, Macomb County.
Mrs. Castor died at Richmond June 19, 1875.
Mrs. Larzalier died at Lakeville June 30, 1875.
T. L. Sackett, Judge of Probate, died at Mt. Clemens in July, 1875.
Dr. Lewis Berlin, formerly of Romeo, died July 18, 1875.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thorington died July 25, 1875, in her thirty-ninth year. She was the daughter of Christian and Sarah Cole.
Jeremiah Jewell, of Ray, died September 29, 1875. aged seventy-two years. He came to Michigan in 1831 and located in Ray Township.
Mrs. W. J. French, Mrs. Henry Thurston and Mrs. George Parmelee died in Octo- ber. 1875.
Thomas Axford died near Disco November 24. 1875.
Austin Day, of Macomb County, died at Utica, N. Y., February 21, 1876.
Azariah W. Sterling died at his home in Washington Township February 27, 1876,
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a gel seventy-nin> years. He was born at Saybrook. Conn. In 1931. he settled in Wash- ington Township.
George D. Sandford died at Romeo March IS, 1876. aged fifty-three years. He serveil in the war of 1561-65, and afterward in the Western Territories, against the In- dians.
Mrs. Mason Cole. formerly Miss Charity Gamble, died May 24, 1876. aged fifty-four years.
Albert Edgett died March 16, 1876, aged seventy-one years. He lived two miles northeast of Romeo, in Bruce Township, since 1826.
James Hosner died in July, 1876. He settled in Washington Township at an early day.
Sylvester Seeley was born in New York, in June 16, 1807: learned the trade of carpenter in Niagara County; removed to Macomb in 1831, and settled on land on Section 19. now owned by J. S. Warner. Mr. Seeley worked at his trade and at farming in the county, except two years, up to the time of his death. which occurred March 27, 1878; married, September 16, 1827, to Julia. oldest child of Joseph Thurston. a native of Vermont, born January 11. 1808; three children, one of whom is living. Mr. Seeley was an active man in all that pertains to the new settlement. The mother still lives in Armada Village.
Moses Freeman. son of Joseph Freeman, of Berkshire, Vt .. was born May 4. 1801: married Ann Powell August 2, 1829, and had four children; removed to Armada Town- ship in 1824. and was one of the first to locate land in Armada Township, which was a part of Section 31, now owned by Abner Lemon. Mr. Freeman was a military man. hav- ing held four commissions of militia, all signed by Stevens T. Mason-Lieutenant, Cap- tain. Major and Colonel. He was an energetic and busy man to the time of his death, which took place October 4, 1871. The wife died June 17, 1871.
Beekman Chamberlin was born in Canada June 20, 1793: arrived in Macomb County in 1834; took up and cleared 160 acres of land. and spent most of his life in the county; married Malinda Adams, a native of Ontario County, N. Y .. and had ten children, seven of whom are still living. She died on the homestead in 1875. Mr. Chamberlin died in 1870: served in the war of 1812 a short time.
William Young, a native of New Jersey, born in 1801, married Zobida Masters, of same place; removed to Macomb in 1833. and lived twenty years in Bruce Township, then in Washington six years, then to Armada Village, where he died October 16. 1863. His wife died eight days previously. He was a blacksmith in each place mentioned.
Timothy Adams, son of Isaac Adams, was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1813. His father and mother were natives of Massachusetts. He settled in Armada. Section 12. in the year 1842, on a farm which he cleared up and made his home till the time of his death. September 19, 1865. He married. in 1842, Betsey, daughter of Justus Grant, a native of Vermont, and had eight children. one of whom survives. Mrs. Adams lives upon the homestead. Her father was a survivor of the war of 1812.
Roswell Webster. a native of Connecticut, came to Macomb in 1825, and took ninety- six acres in Washington, now lying in the village of Romeo; had six children, and was a soldier in the war of 1812: was wounded-at the battle of Fort Erie, and received a pension; died at his home in Romeo.
Joseph Goodin was born in Bloomfield, N. Y .: was a pensioner of the war of 1812; came with his father to Romeo in 1830; bought a tract of land in Bruce. upon which both father and son died. They were masons by trade, and had much to do with the building in the earlier days of Romeo.
Warren Tibbits, familiarly known as "Squire Tibbits," was born in Vermont in 1802: moved while a child to Canada, and remained till 1837; he then removed to Armada
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Township, where he lived till shortly before his death, when he removed to the village, and died December 24, 1861. His death was the result of disease of the heart, and was very sudden. His wife, Polly Hart, died January 22, 1875, at the age of seventy-five years. Mr. Tibbits was a successful school-teacher in Canada, and a faithful officer in the town- ship many years.
Ira Spencer, one of the oldlest settlers of Armada, died February 6, 1876, aged eighty- four years. He came into the county at an early day, and was well known as a Univer- salist preacher. He said, " I was born a Democrat, and by the grace of God, I shall die a Democrat."
Mrs. William Crittenden died April 4, 1876, from injuries received in an effort to subdue the flames which destroyed her house that morning.
Isaac Brabb died at Romeo April 13, 1876, aged eighty.one years. He was one of the old settlers of Macomb.
Nathan G. Bates died at his home in Washington Township April 8, 1876, aged forty years.
Mrs. Maria Maynard Spaulding died June 6, 1876, aged fifty-one years.
Mrs. Aratus Smith died June 9, 1876, at Reading, Mich., and her remains brought to Romeo for burial.
Mrs. Anna Wilcox died July 7, 1876, in her eighty-second year. She came to Mich- igan in 1831, and settled in Washington Township.
Duncan Gass, aged seventy-eight years, died August 1, 1876, at his home in Ray Township. He was one of the early settlers of that township.
Mrs. Frances Curtiss Smith, wife of Caivin Smith, died August 18, 1876, at her home in Armada.
Henry Lawrence died August 16, 1876, in his forty-fourth year.
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Marvel Shaw, one of the pioneers of Macomb County, died September 17, 1876. settled at Romeo in 1830.
Argalius Streeter died in Bruce October IS, 1876.
Mrs. Stitt, wife of Dr. Stitt, died at Romeo in June, 1876.
Giles Hubbard died suddenly November 6, 1876, aged fifty-three years. He was one of the old settlers of Mt. Clemens, and a leading lawyer of the State.
J. Banghart, an old settler of Macomb, died at Romeo November 5, 1876.
Oratus Hulett, aged seventy-seven years, died at Armada Septemder 25, 1876.
E. R. Bentley, of Armada, died November IS, 1876.
Jonas Crissman died at his residence December 15, 1876, aged ninety-one years. He was one of the pioneers of Macomb.
Mrs. Diadema Crippen died January 16, 1877, in her eighty-ninth year. She was born in Washington County, N. Y., September 20, 1783.
Frances Day, wife of Porter M. Lathrop, died Jannary 2, 1877. She was born at Dryden March 5, 1838, and was the daughter of John W. Day, one of the first settlers of that town.
David Mansfield died January 20, 1877, in his seventy-seventh year. He was among the first settlers of Memphis in 1836.
Mrs. Lydia Rix, wife of Oel Rix, settled at Memphis in 1840; died January 4, 1877. aged sixty-two years.
Mrs. Mary E. Kingsbury died March 11, 1877. She was an old resident of Disco. Mrs. Mary Ann Gilbert died March IS, 1877, aged seventy-five years. Her husband, L. S. Gilbert, died in 1867.
Mrs. C. M. Palmer, formerly of Romeo, died at San Francisco, Cal., March 12, 1877. aged forty-two years.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Stone died at Richmond in February, 1878, aged eighty-six years.
Mrs. Smith, mother of H. O. and G. S. Smith, of Macomb County, died at Madison, Ind., February 6, 1878, in her ninety-second year.
Rev. Daniel J. Poor, formerly pastor of the Congregational Church in Foxboro, and teacher of the schools at Romeo, died at Lexington, Ill., January 29, 1878.
Mrs. Mariah Donaldson, wife of Joseph Donaldson, died at the residence of her niece, in Detroit, November 14, 1877. Mrs. Donaldson was quite well known in Macomb County, having resided for a number of years in Romeo. She ha I reached the extreme age of sev- enty years. Her remains were taken to Marshall for burial.
Mrs. Palethorpe died November 27, 1877.
The wife of Mr. Wilkes L. Stuart, of Newaygo, in this State, died November 29, 1877. Mrs. Stuart was the last surviving sister of Mr. Cyrus Hopkins, of this place, and will be remembered by many of the older residents of this section as having been a resident of Romeo in its early days, settling here in 1825. She was seventy-three years of age at the time of her death.
Arnold P. Sykes, brother of A. J. Sykes, of Macomb County, died at Saginaw Decem- ber 14, 1877. He served in the United States Navy for three years.
Frisbie Spencer died in January, 1578, at Detroit, on his way home from California, where he had been for his health.
James Reside died in California in January, 1878.
. Mrs. Josephine B. Stansbury, widow of the late Edwin A. Stansbury, died at the residence of Hon. A. B. Maynard in June, 1878.
George Scott, an old resident of Mt. Clemens, eighty-four years of age, died Septem- ber 9, 1878.
Almon D. Manley died from brain disease, at Romeo, on the 10th of September, 1978. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Manley; was born in Macomb Township An- gust 4, 1844; his parents were among the oldest settlers of Shelby Township. He was an inventor, and much of his machinery is now in practical nse.
Mrs. Taylor, wife of Thomas Taylor, died at her home in the town of Bruce Septem- ber 30, 1878. She was sixty-seven years of age.
Mrs. Mary Brooks died September 30, 1878, aged seventy years; wife of E. Brooks, of Armada.
Elisha Briggs died at his residence in Davis, October 7, 1875, after a long and pain- ful illness, aged fifty.
Mrs. Caroline Hartung, mother of George Hartung, died October 20, 1878. Mrs. Hartung was seventy-eight years of age, and the mother of twelve children, nine of whom survive.
Cyrus Hopkins died November 10, 1878, aged seventy-six years. He was born in Ontario County, N. Y., in 1802. He came to Michigan in 1830, and, with the exception of some two years, has been a resident of Romeo since that time. Previous to the build- ing of the new Congregational Church, he was for more than thirty years the sexton.
Joseph Sikes, who died at his residence two miles south of Romeo, November 5, 1878, had owned and lived on the same farm for thirty-seven years-a long period for the West. He was well known to the people as a most industrious, honorable, enterprising and successful farmer.
Miss Adelia M. Miller, born at Warsaw. N. Y .. April 18, 1820, settled with her par- ents in Washington Township in June, 1822: died December 11, 1878.
Mrs. Gilbert Conklin died December 3, 1978, aged sixty-eight years. She dwelt in the neighborhood of Mt. Vernon, Macomb County, for a period extending over forty years.
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Mrs. Kimball, mother of Mrs. W. Coykendall, died at the latter's residence December 1, 1878. The deceased was quite aged, being about eighty-three.
Cot. John Stockton, of Mt. Clemens. a pioneer of Macomb, and one of the early states- men of Michigan, died November 26, 1878.
Charles Moser died at Mt. Clemens February 26. 1878.
Albert Ely Leete was born in Stamford, Dutchess Co., N. Y .. July 1. 1802, and died at Romeo, Mich., February 24, 1878. He was the seventh generation and lineal deseend ant of William Leete, who came to this country from England in 1639. as Governor of the Colony of New Haven. After the consolidation of New Haven and Connecticut Colo- nies under the name of Connecticut, in 1665. Gov. Leete was chosen as Governor of the two united colonies, and held that honorable and responsible place till his death, in 1683. Dr. Leete's mother. Clarinda Gale, was also descended from one of the old and reputable families of Connecticut. Dr. Leete was married, March 17, 1831, in Palenville, N. Y .. to Miss Catherine Palen. Seven chilchien-four sons and three daughters-are the fruit of this marriage. Two sons have died-one at the age of two and a half years, the other in military service in 1864. Mrs. Leete, two sons and three daughters, survive to mourn his loss.
George Washer died suddenly April 8, 1878, for many years a celebrated auctioneer. Mrs. Beagle, widow of Charles Beagle, died April 20, 1878.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison died in Shelby April 24. 1878, aged seventy-eight years.
Una Miller died May 2, 1878, after a long and very painful illness of that terrible disease, cancer of the throat. He was an honored member of the Methodist Episcopal society. and universally respected. The parents were the first permanent settlers in Wash- ington. coming in June, 1822, and the deceased is supposed to have been the first white male child born in the town. He was born in the spring of 1823. and was accordingly fifty-five at the time of his death.
The wife of William Pool, an old resident of Bruce, died May 5, 1878. aged sixty six years. She came to Michigan in 1848, settling on the farm on which she died on the 5th of May, 1878. She was married on the 7th day of May. 1829, and was buried on the 8th of May, 1878.
Henry Collins died May 8, 1878, at the residence of M. I. Brabb. Mr. Coffins was seventy years of age, and was an old pioneer in this section. settling here in 1831. He was a man highly esteemed by his neighbors and friends. He was one of the strongest Demoerats in the town of Bruee.
John H. Williams. born in Washington County. N. Y .. in 1815: died in Macomb County. Mich., May, 1878.
Mrs. M. A. Dickinson, a former prominent resident of Romeo, died on the 25th of April, 1878, at the residence of her son-in-law, D. L. Gillette. at Westfield, Mass., at the age of seventy one years. Mrs. Dickinson was a pioneer in this section, coming to Romeo with her husband. Nathan Diekinson, about the year 1838. and remaining here for some years after that gentleman's death. in 1861, going henee in 1869, and making her home with her daughter at Westfield until her death.
Mrs. Chartes Kennett. Sr., died June 2, 1878, aged seventy-nine years.
Mrs. Nancy Lamb Andrus, of Washington Township, born at Witbraham, Mass .. No- vember 15, 1790, died June 19, 1878. in the eighty-eighth year of her age.
Sylvester De Land. after a severe sickness of a few weeks, passed away December S. 1878. He came to Michigan in 1833; lived for a short time in Romeo, then in Ray, but finally purchased land near Memphis, where he resided about thirty years. For the past ten years he has been a resident of Memphis Village. He was sixty-seven years old, and left a wife and six children.
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An old man seventy-eight years of age passed away from us January 29, 1879. In his youth, he had married the lady of his choice. He was a Catholic, and she was a Prot- estant. The marriage ceremony was not performed by a priest. During his last sickness, a few days before his death, a priest called, and, finding that he wished to die in the Catholic faith and be buried in their consecrated grounds, decided that, in order to have this favor, he must be married according to the requirements of the church, by one of their priests. The old lady presented the wedding ring which she had received in her youth, and the two were married by the priest. The husband soon died, and his remains were buried in the Catholic cemetery at Kenockee.
Lester Giddings, a pensioner in the war of 1812. died January 2, 1879, in the eighty- seventh year of his age. He was born in June, 1792, at Granvill , Washington Co., N. Y., to which place his father, Niles Giddings, moved from Hartland, Conn., soon after the Revolutionary war.
Broughton Adams, for many years a resident of Macomb, died on Christmas Day, 1879, at Decatur, Van Buren Co., Mich., aged seventy-nine years.
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