History of Macomb County, Michigan, Part 70

Author: Leeson, Michael A., [from old catalog] comp
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Leeson & co.
Number of Pages: 952

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DYKES MILLAR, son of John Miller, of Scotland, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., March 12. 1806; came with his father to Macomb in 1831, and located land on Section 19, Clinton, on the south bank of the river. He encountered all the obstacles of the pio- neer. He built a log house in 1832, the walls of which are still standing. In January, 1833, he married Miss Emma Harvey, to whom four children were born, three of whom are living-John. James and Robert: the daughter, Belle, died at the age of twenty-four years. Mr. Miller was Major on Gen. Stockton's staff during the Toledo war, and more recently has filled the quieter offices of Notary Public and Highway Commissioner.

NORTON L. MILLER, born in Berkshire County, Mass., December 2, 1Sj5. was son of Ozni Miller, of Connecticut, son of Samnel Miller. a soldier of the Revolution, son of Miller who came from England and settled in Connecticut prior to the Revolution. Ozni Miller and family left Massachusetts in IS18 and located in Monroe County, N. Y., ten miles south of Rochester; in 1832, the family settled in Ray Township, this county. where the elder Mr. Miller died in 1840. Norton L. taught school during the winter terms, but labored principally at his trade as miller until 1866: he was elected County Register of Deeds, in 1856, and re-elected in 1858 He bought the Lakeville mills, in Oakland County. in December, 1861, and operated them for five years: he was Postmaster at Lake- ville for four years. under appointment of the Lincoln administration. He returned to Mt. Clemens in June, 1867; was elected a member of the Michigan Legislature in IS6S. and re-elected in 1870; he married Miss Frances E. Lewis, July 4. 1843: they are the parents of six children; Fred C. served in Company I, re-organized Third Infantry, and died in the late war; L. M. Mitler is clerk in the Government office at Lansing; the other children are Fannie M .. Abner P., William N. and Millie Miller. Mrs. Miller. daughter of William Lewis, and sister of George F. Lewis, of Saginaw and Bay City, was born at Harvard, Mass., and came with her parents to Macomb in 1835: William A. Lewis, ano- ther brother. is a resident of Everett, Mich.

ROBERT E. MILLER, son of Dykes Miller, was born in Clinton Township, August 16, 1842. He married Miss Mary Shanley, February 22, 1865; this lady was a daughter of Edward Shanley, who came from Detroit to Macomb County in 1852. They are the parents of nine children, of whom six are living- Emma. Edward, Mattie. Florence, Rob- ert and Mary. In his early years, the Indian children then camped near his father's house were his playmates: with them he hunted and passed his childhood days; subse- quently, he attended common schools and labored on a farm. He has been School Di- rector for several years.

WALTER W. MITCHELL (deceased) was born at Chester. Conn., son of William Mitchell, sea captain, who came to Mt. Clemens in 1845 and settled on North Gratiot street, adjoining the village. He was married, in 1837. to Frances Canfield. daughter of Joel Canfield. To them were born two sons-William W., a partner in the banking house of Fisher & Preston. Detroit, and Heury T., who manages the farm. Both brothers deal in fine short-horned cattle. The leading feature of their herds is the young Aelrie

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Duchess, the only calf of Duke of Aelrie and Duchess. now in Michigan, and only full- blood Duchess in the State. She was bought, when a few days old, from Avery & Murphy, of Port Huron, for $5,500, in June, 1981. They have some full-blood Durhams on the Brooks farm, at West Novi, Mich. W. W. Mitchell and this Mr. Brooks own the Duke of Lexington. Henry T. is the owner of Lady Duchess, from Old Splendor, imported from New York.

FRANKLIN P. MONFORT, son of Isaac Monfort, one of Shelby's pioneer farmers, was born June 6. 1842, in Shelby; received his early education at the Disco Academy and Oxford Institute, under Profs. A. M. Keeler and S. A. Taft; attended the State Normal and Union Schools at Ypsilanti. He married Miss Sarah E., daughter of Jacob Bowers, of Addison, Oakland County, May 13, 1863; they have one child -- Merton B. ; he taught school in several places in Oakland and Macomb Counties, during the winters, and farmed during the summers; entered the law department at the Michigan University, in 1578, graduated and was admitted to the bar in 1980; he was elected to the office of Circuit Court Commissioner the same year, and has since been practicing law at MIt. Clemens.

OLIVER MOORE, son of Simon M., of Harrison Township, was born in Clinton Township February 20, 1540: his grandfather. Lawrence Moore, was forced into the British service in Quebec during the Revolution, from which service he and two comrades escaped, and, walking to a point opposite Port Huron, crossed the river and was among the first settlers in Harrison Township, where he bought land from the Indians. Oliver Moore married Miss Catherine Taylor April 16, 1860. May 22, 1870, he married Miss Erzelia Rivard; the children of the first marriage were Victoria, Oliver, William and James: the children of the second marriage were Lonis B., Gilbert, Nettie, Hattie. Frank, Josephine and Lonise.

JOHN MORDHORST. proprietor of the Detroit House, formerly the City Hotel, took charge of it in October, 1879. Mr. Mordhorst was born at Kiel. Holstein, in 1842; came with his parents to Detroit in 1856; went to Missouri in 1862; served in Company A, four months' militia, principally on provost duty, until his return to Detroit in 1964; subsequently. he visited the Lake Superior District, and there manufactured the first cigars ever made in Keweenaw County, Mich., in 1866: returned to Detroit in 1867, and was cigar manufacturer there until 1879, when he came to MIt. Clemens. He was married, April 14, 1868, to Bertha Hochral, to whom three children were born-Clara, John and Rosa.

IGNACE A. MORASS, son of Anthony and grandson of Ignace Morass, was born at Belvidere, Macomb County, September 1, 1827; his father and grandfather were born at Hamtramck, on Detroit River; former in 1796 and the latter in 1771; his great-grand- father came from France in the military corps under Montcalm; was at the surrender of Quebec in 1759 and among those banished to Detroit. The grandfather helped to build Fort Gratiot during the war of 1512, and was one of the best carpenters in the Northwest Territory. He also built a saw-mill on Black River, which was the first mill used to saw round logs. The Morass family moved to Macomb in 1805. G. T. Ignace Morass raised 2,000 bushels of wheat some years, and supplied the settlers with seed wheat, oats and barley-in fact. he was the most extensive farmer in Michigan. With the exception of a ride across the river into Canada, and his visit to the Centennial, the present Mr. Morass has never left his native State. He was married, February 20, 1855, to Miss Margaret Stapleton, daughter of William Stapleton. They were the parents of ten children - Olive, Mary, Anna, Ignace, Florence, Elizabeth and Joseph, are living. The family be- long to the Catholic Church.

CHARLES MOSER (deceased) was born near Paris, France, in July, 1805; came to Philadelphia in 1823; moved to Juniata County, Penn .. shortly after. and was engaged

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in mercantile work until 1855, when he moved to Mt. Clemens, That year. he opened a money office and also established a meat market here. Mr. Moser married Mrs. Elizabeth Middlesworth, a daughter of Christian Fall, in March, 1831. They were the parents of eight children- Clotilda, Isaac. Jackson, Lydia A .. Edward, Mary M., Jennie E. and William H. Mrs. Moser had one child by her previous marriage-John Middlesworth.

WILLIAM H. MOSER was born at Mt. Clemens July 26, 1857; son of Charles Moser, who came from Pennsylvania to this city in 1S55: was educated here; has been engaged in handling cattle since his youth, and has made a success of the meat market which he established in 1878. Mr. Moser was married in October, 1878. to Miss Minnie Rutz, of Detroit.

SAMUEL R. MULVEY, son of Joseph Mulvey, of Ireland, who came to Montreal, Canada, when young. was born at Rochester. N. Y., May 14. 1837. Samuel came to Ma- comb with his parents in 1837. and located in Sterling Township. Joseph Mulvey was a farmer of Clinton until his death, in the fall of 1872. S. R. Mulvey was married to Miss Susan Riley. daughter of Michael Riley, in 1868; to them five children were born Mary A., Mattie E., George E., Emma and Robert S. He now lives on the farm that Joseph Mulvey owned, ninety acres on Sections 30, 31 and 32, Clinton: was Constable for seven years and is now Justice of the Peace for the town of Clinton. The family belong to the Catholic Church.

THOMAS W. NEWTON, Sheriff of Macomb County. was born in Lincolnshire, En- gland, December 6, 1839. His father, Luke Newton. now residing at Bloomfield Center. Oakland County, located at Detroit in 1S51. Thomas W. passed his earlier years at his father's home in England, where also he was accustomed to walk three miles to school and make the return trip every day: he left home at the age of seventeen, labored in vari. ous employments, was engineer of one of the Lake Superior copper mines for over two years, worked at the carpenter's trade for a time. opened a butcher shop for mining trade. shipped cattle to the lake region and was extensively engaged in the cattle shipping trade until his eleetion as Sheriff of Macomb County, in 1880. Mr. N. is a member of the Mt. Clemens Masonie Lodge and also of the chapter. He married Miss Rebecca French, De- cember 31, 1867. of England. to whom were born two children-Ada M. and Harry T. Newton.

ERNEST J. OLDE. merchant of Mt. Clemens, established his house on North Gra- tiot street in 1874. In 1869, he engaged in business with Pant Ulrich, under the firm name of Ulrich & Olde. Mr. Olde does a trade of $30,000 annually. His dry goods warehouse, wool department and business at Port Huron are all well conducted, purchase for cash being one of his leading characteristics or principles. It is his intention to add a first-class grocery and provision store to his Mt. Clemens establishment at an early day. Mr. Olde was born in Holstein, Germany, in 1846; settled at New Baltimore, Macomb County. in 1854; moved to East Saginaw in 1860 and to Mt. Clemens in 1862. He mar- ried Miss Matilda Bulte, in 1871, to whom were born five children-Grace. Henry, Walter, Alice and Odella. Mr. Okle is a man of business, worthy and judicious in all matters. and determined to succeed in any enterprise he may embark in.

JOHN OTTO, born in Prussia, Germany, January 1, 1832, came to the United States in IS54: worked in a Buffalo brick-yard for four months and came to Mt. Clemens in Oc- tober, 1854. In 1858. he entered the store of Saekett & Diekinson; on the dissolution of partnership, Mr. Otto continued under Mr. Sackett, and entered into partnership with him in 1861. He continued his business until 1871, when he sold his interest on account of ill health. He was appointed Postmaster at Mt. Clemens by the Arthur administration. and took possession of the office November 1, IS81. Mr. Otto was married. in Germany, in 1854. to Miss Mary C. Schneider. This lady died April 22, 1872. He married for

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his second wife Miss Sophia Dubois, November 26, 1878. Frederica K. and John are the children of the first marriage. Mr. Otto has served as Trustee of the village for four years and Alderman for two years. This family belongs to the Catholic Church.

GEORGE PARROTT was born in Bedfordshire, England, July 3, 1832: a son of Daniel of same shire, who came to America in 1854. Mr. P. came to Redford, Mich., in 1852: worked by the month there until he came to this county, in 1859, when he located in Clinton Township, four and one-half miles from Mt. Clemens: he farmed for thirteen years; removed to the suburbs of Mt. Clemens in 1872; he is a farmer and stock-raiser and the owner of two farms. He married, December 25. 1856. Miss Elizabeth Simms, of England. to whom eight children were born, seven of whom are living Wallace, Ellen, Elsie. Horace, Lewis, Charlie and Leonard. The family belong to the Methodist Church, called the Protestant Methodist.

ELDRIDGE G. PRATT (deceased), son of Joel and nephew of the Peter Pratt, who compiled the Pratt genealogy, was born at South Boston. Mass., June 16, 1805: came to Rochester, N. Y., when a young man and to Mt. Clemens in 1832, where he engaged in the real estate business. He entered mercantile life here in 1835 and followed it success- fully until his death. September 26, 1864. Mr. Pratt was married March 6. 1835. to Miss Prudence M., daughter of Phineas Cook, of Connecticut, descended from one of three brothers -- John -- who came from Northampton, England, early in the seventeenth century- Their names were Richard. John and George. In 1823, the Cook family showed forty. three collegiate graduates. Mrs. Pratt was born July 16, 1819, in Otsego County, N. Y. She is the mother of Almeda and Lorain Pratt, the former Mrs. T. C. Bell, of Lansing, the latter a graduate of the Philadelphia School of Elocution. Mr. Pratt built a frame house on Walnut street in 1833, which still stands near the engine-house. He organized a Methodist class here and was the first class loader after coming here. He was charitable in all things, a faithful Christian. He counted only thirty dwellings, stores, barns, etc., in Mt. Clemens in 1832.

REV. WILLIAM WALLACE RAFTER, Rector of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, of Mt. Clemens, was born on the 19th of April. A. D. 1842. in the parish of St. Lin, P. Q. His father. William Rafter. a native of Queens County, Ireland, came to Canada in 1829 with his family. His mother died when he was about ten years old. after which he lived with his aunt in Brooklyn. N. Y. : subsequently. he was sent to a seleet school in New Haven. Conn .; in 1857, he was sent to the grammar school at Gam bier. Ohio, and. in 1859, entered the Freshman class in Kenyon College, Gambier: in the fall of 1863, he entered the Theological Seminary at Nashotah, Wis., and was ordained Deacon by Bishop Kemper, on Trinity Sunday, June. 1865. He immediately entered upon his duties as Rector of St. Matthew's Church, Kenosha, Wis., and was advanced to the priesthood on the 27th of December of the same year. In the spring of 1866, he was elected Rector of St. Paul's Church, Kankakee, Ill., and in the spring of 1867 was called to the rectorship of Christ Church, La Crosse, Wis. In the summer of 1868. he ac- cepted an urgent call to the rectorship of Trinity Church. Alpena, Mich .: while there, he built up a large and prosperous parish: in August, 1878, he was sent by the ecclesi- astical authority of the diocese to lay the foundation for a new parish in Cheboygan. He rented the town hall for his Sunday services and soon gathered round him a congrega tion. At the close of the first year. he had a Sunday school numbering 100 scholars and twelve teachers: by the end of the second year, a new church had been built and conse- crated. In the fall of 1880, he removed to Saginaw, where he remained until he was called to the rectorship of Grace Church, Mt. Clemens. June 12. 1881. Mr. Rafter mar- ried Miss Annetta Bradley, daughter of B. L. Bradley. M. D., of Woodstock, Ontario, May 14. 1873. to whom were born three children-Josephine, Annetta and Emeline Cath-

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erine, both deceased, and Mary Adele, now in her seventh year. Mr. R. is a Mason and a member of tht Philomathian Literary Society, and one of the founders of the Psi Chapter of the Chi Phi fraternity in Kenyon College.

GEORGE ROBINSON, of the firm of Snook & Robinson, was born in Montcalm County, Province of Quebec, Canada, February 7, 1842; son of William and Jane A. (Peyton) Robinson, the former a native of Ireland. Mr. Robinson moved with his parents into Upper Canada in 1854. where he resided until May, 1873, when he came to the United States and located at Mt. Clemens. Since that time, he has been intimately asso- ciated with the manufacturing interests of the city. He married Miss Sabrina Tomlinson, November 6, 1870; this lady is the daughter of Jonathan Tomlinson, of the Toronto Dis- trict, Canada, and granddaughter of the British Captain, Osborne, who owned 700 acres on the site of Washington City, which was declared confiscated after the Revolutionary war and its claimant driven to Canada.

JOHN ROSKOPP, proprietor of Mt. Clemens meat market, was born in Prussia Oc- tober 25. 1836; son of John Roskopp, who came from Prussia to Mt. Clemens in October, 1854. and still resides there. Mr. R. went to Chicago in 1855, to St. Louis in 1857. and, returning in 1861, entered into partnership with A. Czizek and established a meat market in 1865; this partnership was dissolved subsequently ; he gave an interest to his brother Jacob; since 1870, Mr. R. has conducted the meat business alone. Since Steveus' patent refrigerator, charcoal-lined walls and large supply of ice enable him to keep a large stock of the finest meats, his packing business for home and lake trade is extensive. He mar- ried Miss Margaret Stapleton in 1861. They are the parents of six children-two daugh- ters and four sons. Mr. Roskopp is doing a very successful business. He uses steam power for sausage making and lard rendering.

WILLIAM A. ROWLEY, son of Ransom M., of Monroe County, N. Y., who came to Macomb County about 1832, was born in Shelby Township November 8, 1843; he enlisted in Company B. Fifth Infantry, in July, 1861; re-enlisted in 1864, and served till the close of the war. He was one of the musicians attached to the command from its organi- zation. He was married. December 5, 1865, to Miss Theodosia Adams, daughter of Oliver Adams, an early settler of Macomb; the lady is a native of this county, and died here in January, 1867. February 10, 1869, he married Miss Mattie M. Phillips, daughter of the pioneer, Ezra Phillips, deceased: they are the parents of three children-Maud, Mattie

and Mary. Mr. R. was Treasurer of Shelby in 1868-69; came to Clinton Township in 1876, of which he has been Supervisor for the past three years; is an extensive dealer in and breeder of pure Holstein cattle: has three thoroughbreds, two of which were imported from Holland; he also deals in fine Berkshire hogs, paying as high as $60 for one to its owner, near Toronto, Canada; he imported Prince Bismarck, in May, 1879, from North Holland, the animal being then four years old and weighing 2,400 pounds.

F. W. RUTTER, born near Oxford, England, June 21, 1850, son of Robert Rutter, who came with his family to Wayne County, Mich., in 1853, and to Macomb County in 1859: was educated in the common schools and at Mayhew's Business College. Detroit, where he graduated in 1870; he was book-keeper for John Clancy, of Detroit, for six months: clerk for George Law, of Mt. Clemens, for some time; farmer from 1875 to 1881, when he established the 99-cent store in this city. Here he keeps a little stock of every- thing, and has a well-conducted and prosperous business. Mr. R. married Miss Marion E. Seely, October 20, 1874, to whom were born two children-Mand M. and Leslie F.

WILLIAM H. RUTTER, born at Philadelphia August 28, 1828, is the son of Thomas Rutter, of Maryland, who was a sea captain and one of the United States survey- ors of the lakes in early days, and also died about 1832 or 1833. William L. came to Mt. Clemens with his mother in 1834, and made the city his home ever since, with the excep-

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tion of a few years passed in Ohio with his uncle. He learned the carpenter's and joiner's trades in 1848, and, for the last thirty-four years, has aided in builling up the village of Mt. Clemens. He attended school and church in the old log court house, witnessed the progress of education and religion since that time, was one of the first Trustees of Mt. Clemens Village, in 1851, and was Constable of the village for twenty-three years success- ively and an old and esteemed member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. Societies. Mr. Rutter married Miss Emma Campbell. March 13, 1856, to whom were born two children -W. Harry and Frederick; the former is Clerk in the Court of Probate, in which position his efficiency and business qualities continue to win him hosts of friends.

REV. CHARLES RYCKAERT, pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Mt. Clemens: was born in Belgium August 15, 1820: was educated in the College of Flanders: was or- dained priest of the Catholic Church, at Ghent. Belgium, in 1847. Father R. served ten years in the ministry of the church in Belgium. In 1857. he went to Sauvain, Belgium, to help in establishing the American Seminary there, and, in IS58, left for the United States. arriving here in April of that year: he was appointed priest of the church at Hills- dale, Mich., where he remained for a term of thirteen years: in April. 1871, he was ap- pointed pastor of the St. Peter's, at Mt. Clemens: his administration of the parish has been marked with the highest results; the denominational system of education has grown to some importance under his direction, church property has been improved, the congre- gation has advanced in knowledge and prosperity. The new church was projected by him and. under his superintendence, will be carried through to completion.

LEMUEL SACKETT (deceased), son of Lemuel Sackett, of English descent. was born near Pittsfield, Mass., November 8. 1808; came with his parents to Pittsford, N Y., in 1822, and to Clinton Township, Macomb County, in 1829; he cleared up a good farm here, which he cultivated until 1854, when he moved to Mt. Clemens: he lived in the city until his death, January 16, 1882. Mr. S. married Miss Mary Miller, daughter of John Miller. a Scotchman, March 9, 1829; the lady , as born in New York State; they were the parents of six children, three of whom are living-Lemuel, Frances Campbell and Martha Travers: two sons, John and Robert F., died of disease in the war of 1861-65. Mrs. S. is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which her husband was a Deacon for over a quarter of a century. She is seventy-four years of age and in the enjoyment of good health.

LEMUEL M. SACKETT, son of Lemuel Sackett, of Massachusetts, who came to Michigan in 1828, was born in Clinton Township May I, 1831. and was educated in the township and Mt. Clemens schools: taught school for two winter terms: began survey- ing in 1852, went to Port Huron in 1855, and was foreman in the lumber yard of A. & H. Fish for three years; during the winters, he scaled for the firm in the lumber woods: re- turning to Macomb, he followed agriculture until 1877, when he settled at Mt. Clemens: during the past three years ho has been engaged in surveying. He was married, in No- vember. 1863, to Miss Emily L. Cole, daughter of Joseph Cole, who settled in the woods of Clinton in 1834. and died in July, 1878: to this marriage one child was born Robert

L. Mr. S. was elected Clerk of Harrison Township for two terms.

EDGAR J. SALISBURY, manager for the Singer Manufacturing Company. was born in Jefferson County, N. Y .. March 26, 1844; came, with his widowed mother, to La- peer, in 1852. where he was educated. The family moved to North Branch Township. Lapeer County, where Mr. S. laid out for himself a farm of 120 acres: subsequently. he lumbered for several years, and ultimately engaged with the Singer Manufacturing Com- pany in 1876. He came to Mt. Clemens in February. 1881, and took charge of the office in March of the same year. He married Miss Louisa C. Hosner, daughter of Jacob Hos-

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ner, an old settler of Bruce, October 8, 1873. to whom has been born one child. Mr. S. has five branch offices in the county, and takes an important part in building up the trade of the company which he represents here. The Singer factory has produced 561,036 machines during the year ISS1.

JOHN A. SANDERS, son of Russell Sanders, descendant of a family by that name who came from Wales in the seventeenth century, was born in Westerly, Washington County, February 19, 1806. He followed the sea during his minority, and then learned his trade, that of ship carpenter, at Providence. R. I .; came to Macomb County in 1836. and. in 1837, served in the Clinton Guards, called out by Gov. Mason. He bought a farm in Lenox, where he remained for eleven years, part of the time working at his trade. He then moved to Mt. Clemens, where he built the following vessels: Schooners Mariner, Euphemia, Sea Bird, Elydia: sloop Francis: scows Argus. Dan Tucker. Mary Jane, Pike, John A. Sanders. Union, Harriet. Lily Dale. Emily: steam barges Nevada, Arizona, Flor- ence, Ida, Morning Star, Louis Gilbert. He also repaired and superintended the building of many others. He was married. in 1828, to Lavinia Crandall, who died in 1854. He then married Mrs. Anna L. Ryan, the daughter of John Russell, and a native of Lanca- shire. England. He has one daughter -- (Georgiana Sanders, and a step-son. the Rev. A. W. Ryan.

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History of Macomb County, Michigan, Part 70

Author: Leeson, Michael A., [from old catalog] comp Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Leeson & co. Number of Pages: 952

Author: Leeson, Michael A., [from old catalog] comp
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago, M. A. Leeson & co.
Number of Pages: 952