History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 105

Author: Wing, Talcott Enoch, 1819-1890, ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York, Munsell & company
Number of Pages: 882

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MRS. CATHERINE YOST HOOD, widow of John G. Hood, to whom she was married October 12, 1836, is the only survivor of a family of nine brothers and sisters. She was born in Seneca county, N. Y.,

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May 19, 1817, her parents being Abraham and Phoebe (Hooper) Yost, who were the first settlers on the old territorial road south of Flat Rock. Mr. Hood was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gamber) Hood, and was born August 3, 1810. He settled on section 21 in 1836, and with the exception of a few years, remained there till his death, April 5. 1880. He had the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, for many years serv- ing them as supervisor and clerk, and for four years as representative from Monroe county to the State legis- lature. Mrs. Hood's children are : Phoebe E., born July 23, 1837 ; John Lee. December 29, 1839 ; Henry C., November 13, 1843 ; George W., December 5, 1845; William S., December 18, 1847, died October 13, 1848; Charles M., June 18, 1851: Mary Jaue, March 23, 1853; Samuel F., June 20, 1855, died October 7, 1855; Andrew D., February 7, 1858; Ella May, March 13, 1862, died August 26, 1864.

JAMES HOWES was born in Forncett, county of Norfolk, England, July 1, 1823, his parents being William and Sarah (Rix) Howes, and has been a resi- dent of Ash township since 1864. While in Monguagon, Wayne county, June 29, 1847, he married Mary, daughter of John F. and Rachel (Rosenkrave) Fowler, whose children are : Martha J., born April 10, 1848; James T., June 9, 1850; Allen E., August 16, 1855. He is a farmer. His mail goes to Flat Rock.

CAROLINE JEWELL, daughter of Thomas C. and Elizabeth (Jerden) Mantel, was born in Geneva, N. Y., June 29, 1830, and in 1835 came to Catville, Wayne county, with her parents. October 10, 1853, she married Isaac, the son of Bateson and Lucinda (Buck) Jewell, and the following April they settled in Ash township on section 5. Their children are : Elizabeth Jerden, born February 26, 1854; Crampton Fil, August 6, 1856; George Thomas, August 4, 1858; Charlotte Louisa, August 15, 1861; Stephen Henry, September 23, 1866; Evaline, May 20, 1870; Charles Edward, born July 16, 1873, died August 11, 1873; Joseph Bateson, June 15, 1876.

GEORGE LANGS, son of John and Mary (Schmidt) Langs, was born at Limestone, Northumber- land county, Pa., August 10, 1815, and died August 1, 1888. He has been twice married, the first time to Anna Maria, daughter of Simon and Elizabeth (Eritten) Straus, who died November 14, 1852, leaving him seven children : Mary Ann, Charles, Caroline, Enoch, James, Edward, William, of whom all are living except Caroline, who died October 15, 1863. December 16, 1855, he married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Lassar) Hetzel. Charles and Enoch enlisted August 12, 1862, in Co.G. 24th Mich. Vol. Inf., and served through the war. Charles is now a member of Wallace Post, No. 95, G. A. R.

LEVI B. LITTLEFIELD started in life April 6, 1819, from Verona, Oneida county, N. Y., and came to Ash in 1835 with his parents, Josiah and Rachel (Root) Littlefield, there being at that time not more than twenty families in the present limits of the township. December 31, 1844, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Ward) Hardy. Their children are : Ellie E., born December 23, 1845; Ettena A., born August 26, 1847, died September 1, 1867; Charles L., born April 22, 1850, died April 8, 1851; Mary J., April 23, 1852; Elizabeth R., born April 20, 1854, died September 8, 1854; Clarence D., born December 13, 1855, died February 26, 1856; David, born March 16, 1857, died January 23, 1869. Mr. Littlefield held the office of supervisor in Aslı township for five years, and is now a farmer and merchant at Grafton.

ROBERT A. LIVINGSTON was born in Tyre, Seneca county, N. Y., January 2, 1836, where he lived till 1881, learning the trade of wagon and carriage maker in Seneca Falls. His parents are William R. and Phoebe (VanCleve) Livingston. He was married August 14, 1860, to Josephine, daughter of Jonas and Ruth Ann (Cornell) Compson, whose children are :

Ida, born August 5, 1865, died August 21, 1865; and Fred W., born August 19, 1867. Mr. L. came to Carlton in 1882 and engaged in his trade. For eight years he has been justice of the peace in Ash township. His son is telegraph operator at Carlton, and January 1, 1889, married Alvira Clark.

WILLIAM MCKAY was born in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, October 26, 1835, and went to Illinois in 1837 with his parents, William and Elizabeth (Chro- cheron) McKay. In 1843 they removed to St. Thomas, Ontario ; in 1855 he came to Ash, and naturalized in 1860. He married Sarah Jane, daughter of James R. and Matilda (McCullum) Bale, October 26, 1862, whose children are : Marilla M., horn December 4, 1863; James William, July 18, 1865; Julia A., November 18, 1867; Edith J., August 6, 1879. Marilla M. married J. W. Romine October 7, 1885, and has one child, Wesley J., born November 1, 1886.

ROBERT MCKENZIE whose parents came to Mon- roe county in 1833, before Ash township had a place on the county map, was born in Exeter, October 1, 1839, and is the son of Hugh and Eliza (Heritage) Mckenzie. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he en- listed in the 8th N. Y. Cav., and participated in every engagement his regiment was in until Lee's sur- render. Was wounded at Waynesboro, Va., and honorably discharged at Alexandria in June, 1865. May 27, 1869, while in Berlin, he was married to Sarah E., daughter of Wilson and Margaret (Wilson) Hill. Their children are: Flora Bell, born May 7, 1873; Robert Wilson, November 24, 1878; Sarah E., October 15, 1880. For three years (1877, 1879 and 1880) Mr. Mckenzie was treasurer of Ash township. In the spring of 1889 he moved to Kansas on account failing health,

HUGH MCKENZIE is a genial Scotchman from Nairnshire, where he was born July 28, 1813, and lived with his parents, Robert and Ann (Sinclaire) McKen- zie, until 1832, when with his brother Robert he came to the United States. After one year in Rochester. N. Y., he came to Detroit, and purchasing land of the Government settled on section 23 in Exeter township, and voted at the first election in Ash township. After living in Exeter, Ash and Monroe for about twenty years, he located on section 25 in Ash township, where he has lived ever since. December 16, 1835, he mar- ried Eliza, daughter of Richard and Johanna (Bragton) Heritage, a native of Worcestershire, England, whose parents came to Monroe county in 1834. Their chil- dren are: Amelia, born January 1, 1837; Robert, October 1, 1839; Clark H. B., August 20, 1841; John J., born January 12, 1844, died September 24, 1845; Caroline, February 3, 1846; Eliza Ann, August 26, 1850; Charles Hugh, July 10, 1854; Emma Elizabeth, born September 29, 1858, died September 24, 1861. By occupation Mr. Mckenzie is a farmer and carpen- ter. For ten years he was highway commissioner, treasurer for two years, while for twenty-four years he has held the office of justice of the peace in Exeter and Ash.

BENJAMIN MCLAUGHLIN was born in Weld, Oxford county, Me, September 2, 1825, and came with his parents, Benjamin and Senath (Lawrence) McLaughlin, to Ash township in 1833, after three years' residence in Indiana. He held the office of justice of the peace for eight and of supervisor for six years. December 25, 1850, at Flat Rock, he married Lavinia, daughter of Thomas A. and Laura (Fosmire) Armstrong. Their children are: Thomas R., born February 5, 1852 ; Nettie M., April 11, 1853; Philo, born July 26, 1854, died October 10, 1875; Tunis F., May 4, 1856; Howard, born January 4, 1858, died Oc- tober 4, 1860; Hiram, born March 5, 1859, died April 5, 1859; William Arthur, September 24, 1860; Minerva E., born Juue 23, 1862, died October 5, 1880; George B., January 4, 1864; Daniel, June 5, 1865; Dennis, July 10, 1867; Harry, September 7, 1869; Fred, May 6,

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1871; Lydia, born April 28, 1873, died February 5, 1874.

PATRICK MOORE for twelve years treasurer and for three years moderator in school district No. 16 of Ash township, is a native of Ireland, being born in the parish of Clanana, County Queens, March 17, 1816, the son of Thomas and Ann (Kinnear) Moore. In 1835 he came to this country with his three brothers and sisters, all of whom are dead, and in the fall of that year settled in Exeter township, and in 1840 was naturalized. November 18, 1841. he married Sarah, daughter of Lawrence and Catherine (McCloskey) Maynes, whose children are: Thomas, born Decem- ber 8, 1842; Catherine, born December 10, 1844, died August 18, 1884; Lawrence, October 15, 1848; Ann, April 18, 1850; John, born April 15, 1851, died Octo- ber 11, 1851; Mary, born March 17, 1852, died April 30, 1852; Mary Ellen, April 10, 1854; Margaret, October 17, 1856; Edward and James, March 17, 1858 ; Henry, November 12, 1860; Sarah, December 18, 1863.

DARWIN E. NEWCOMB was born in London township, February 1, 1846, his parents being Paul Luther and Mahala (Pattee) Newcomb. He was mar- ried to Emma Z., daughter of Antoine and Caroline Dupaul, whose children are: Blanche E., born Sep- tember 11, 1874; Stanley O., February 16, 1877; Ralph, March 16, 1880. In 1867 while in Caro, Tuscola county, he connected himself with Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 226, F. & A. M. After two courses of lectures in the Michigan University, he graduated with the class of 1884 in the Detroit Medical College, and is engaged as physician and surgeon at Carlton.

ELIZABETH NIEMAN is a native of Bavaria, Germany, where she was born February 20, 1834, her parents being John and Elizabeth (Weidinger) Riechel. When in her eighteenth year she came alone to this country, and July 5, 1853, was married to George Hoerl and settled in Ash township. Her children are: Barbara, born April 11, 1855; John, July 9, 1857; Henry, January 8, 1860; George, May 28, 1862; Anna Maria, August 20, 1864; Emma and Emile, September 7, 1867; Edward, November 4, 1871. Emma died October 7, 1867; Emile, May 19, 1868. Her husband died June 15, 1882, and November 4, 1886, she was married to Ludwig Nieman, a native of North Ger- many, who came to Monroe county in 1853.

ELIZABETH JANE NOVESS, widow of Henry, son of Henry and Fannie (Evans) Novess, to whom she was married in Arcadia, N. Y., October 24, 1849, is the daughter of Carlos and Eunice (Terry) Stebbins, and was born September 1, 1827, in Arcadia, Wayne county, N. Y. In 1851 they came to Michigan, set- tling in West Bloomfield, Oakland county, where they lived till 1854, when they removed to her present farm in Ash township. Mr. Novess died of conges- tion of the brain April 13, 1872, leaving her with five children: Henry C., born November 11, 1850 ; Frank E., November 18, 1854; Ira, October 11, 1856; Alonzo, January 3, 1859; and Amelia F., January 24, 1861.

MARTHA ELIZABETH OTTER, born Leidorf, came to the United States in 1853 with her parents, Henry and Margaret (Wolf) Leidorf, being born in Germany, February 4, 1849. Atter living in Sandusky for several years they moved to Venice, where her mother still lives, her father having died in March, 1869. She was married at Sandusky, March 14, 1869, to Godtleib, son of George and Mary (Reige) Otter, and after five years' residence in Pekin, Erie county, Ohio, settled in Ash. Her children are: Elizabeth, born December 5, 1870; Louis Henry, November 5, 1572; Anna Martha, July 26, 1874; Clara Louisa, February 1, 1877; John Peter, February 21, 1879; Henry George, March 13, 1881; Alma Catharine, September 27, 1885. Mr. Otter died June 3, 1886.

HENRY PARISH, son of Elias and Elizabeth (Vandervoort) Parish, was born June 23, 1848. He was

married January 1, 1873, to Jane, daughter of George and Ann (Moore) Youngs, who died August 6, 1876, leaving one boy, Frank, born November 4, 1873. His second wife, Nellie, daughter of William and Ellen (Roussou) Dingman, to whom he was married March 23, 1881, is the mother of Lydia, born January 8, 1882; Eva, September 17, 1884; Effah, October 25, 1886; and Henry Harrison, March 27, 1889.

JOHN PARISH was born in Ash, October 29, 1844, and enlisted January 21, 1864, in Co. A., 24th Mich. Vol. Inf., and was mustered out June 3, 1865. He was a member of the Iron Brigade, First Army Corps; participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, and others; was wounded June 18, 1864, at Petersburg. He is the son of Elias and Elizabeth (Vandervoort) Parish, who settled in Monroe county in 1835. June 14, 1866, he married Jane, daughter of John and Margaret Jackson, who died in 1881, leaving him with two children: John W., born November 19, 1867: and Ada D., May 10, 1873. He is a member of Wallace Post, No. 95, G. A. R., at Flat Rock. July 12, 1882, he again married, the bride being Mary J., daughter of Jacob Early and Clarissa (Ross) Baker, whose chil - dren are: Jesse Ulmer, born June 26, 1884; Alfred Otis ("Allie '), May 2, 1886; and Mabel E., born Feb. 2, 1890.

WILLIAM RAFTER, son of William and Mary (Reddy) Rafter, was born Dec. 25, 1798, in the parish of Balbriggan, County Kilkenny, Ireland, and came to Montreal in 1824, and the following year to Troy, N. Y., where October 17, 1835, he was married to Julia Kenneally. Her children are: William, born March 4, 1840, died November 21, 1871; Ann, Septem- ber 10, 1838; Margaret, August 12, 1842; James, horn March 8, 1844, died Oct. 8, 1877; Thomas, Jan. 8, 1848; and Daniel and Stephen, who died in infancy. She departed this life May 6, 1880, leaving William with his daughter Ann and her husband, Jacob Esper.

MATTHEW REDDY was born in Connor, Ire- land, and came to this country in 1849. By his mar- riage with Ann Foley he was the father of one child, Margaret, with whom, since the death of Matthew, November 21, 1886, his widow has been living.

ANDREW J. REEVES came to Ash township in 1849. his native place being Byron, Sussex county, N. J., where he was born April 8, 1921. His parents, Moses and Sarah (Youngs) Reeves, settled here in 1846. While in Seneca county, N. Y., March 29, 1843, he married Lydia A., daughter of Solomon and Catherine (Lizenring) Baxter, whose loss he was called upon to mourn July 25, 1887. Her children are: Mary L., born June 14, 1844; Myron B., Marchi 11, 1846; Albert H., October 7, 1848; Charles M., December 31, 1850; Sarah C., March 12, 1853; Ellie M., February 5, 1856; George W., July 13, 1859. His grandsire, Joshua, was in the Revolution, a prisoner of war three months, and his father and wife's father were honorably discharged soldiers of the War of 1812. His second wife, to whom he was married February 5, 1889, is Hannah, daughter of Timothy H. and Mehit- able (Drennel) Burbanks.

JACOB L. REID, son of Jasper A. and Rebecca (Lowe) Reid, was born in Ash township October 22, 1848. His father came from Seneca county, N. Y., in 1835, and settled on section 11. His mother died Octo- ber 27, 1870, and his father September 10, 1887.

EDWARD REVORD is of French descent, his parents being John and Adeline (Lerouge) Revord. His life began November 29, 1861, and his residence in Ash in 1874. January 8, 1879, he married Rosa, daughter of Louis and Eliza (Sauture) Le Duc, at New- port. Their children are: Agnes, born October 2, 1879; Addic, - -- 12, 1882; Felix, May 15, 1884 ; Rosa, October 11, 1886; and Louis, November 12, 1888.

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FREDERICK RHINEHART was born in Geneva, Seneca county, New York, September 6, 1834, and came to Ash in 1836 with his parents, John and Saloma (Louden) Rhinehart. For two years Mr. Rhinehart held the office of township treasurer. September 13, 1857, he married Saloma, daughter of Jacob and Saralı (Nagle) Fahnestock, whose children are: Mary, born November 24, 1859, married Octo- ber, 1879, to Andrew Renton; and Clara, born January 4, 1861, married November, 1880, to William Thorn, both living in Ash. For three years Mr. Rhinehart was Worshipful Master of Hiram Lodge, No. 110, F. & A. M., at Flat Rock, in which he was raised in 1858, and also a member of River Raisin Chapter, No. 22, in Monroe.

MRS. W. HI. SHAW, born McSherrie, was mar- ried in Hungerford, Ontario, May 15, 1855, to James Arnett. Euphemia Shaw, daughter of Peter and Eliza (Hill) MeSherrie, was born in Elsifer, Hastings county, Ontario, June 19, 1841. Her children are : Laura, born June 18, 1856; James, January 18, 1858; William H , April 28, 1861; Peter, May 1, 1864; Lucy, August 4, 1866; Mellissa, August 3, 1868; Thomas, June 18, 1871; Addie, February 1, 1874; Gertrude, December 3, 1877. She came to the United States in 1871, and after living three years in Berlin, settled in Ash. In September, 1888, she was legally separated from her first husband, and October 10, 1888, married to Wm. H. Shaw.

FERDINAND STEINER, son of Sebastian and Catherine Steiner, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 10, 1805, and married Margaret Eissenger, November 25, 1829. Ten years later he came to this country and settled in Ash. His wife died in July, 1866, leaving seven girls and one boy. In October. 1866, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Gerhart and Agnes (Scheurfeir) Scheiss, whose children are four in number, three girls and one boy.

HENRY C. TALBOT was born in Sylvania, Lucas county, Ohio, February 10, 1849, to which place his parents, Robert and Mary Ann (Watson) Talbot, removed in 1834. His father was one of the pioneer railroad men in Michigan, and trackmaster for 35 years, 22 for the L. S. & M. S. and 13 for the Wa- bash Ry., until his death in 1876. He was married at Adrian July 24, 1877, to Jennie, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Van Driesen) Redmond. He came to Carlton in March, 1875, as agent and operator for the Canada Southern R. R., and shortly after became in- terested in the dry goods and notion business, for nine years traveling for Shaw & Baldwin, Toledo. Since September, 1886, he has been the proprietor of a gen- eral store in Carlton, and notary public. He is called father by Charles Redmond, born November 21, 1879; Fred H., May 3, 1881; and Cash W., February 13, 1884. A prominent member of the A. O. U. W. and other beneficial societies in Carltou, he was also a charter member of Floral City Lodge, Knights of Ilonor, in Monroe City.

JOHN THEISEN was born in Prussia on the Rhine June 6, 1840, and came to the United States two years later with his parents, Joseph and Cathe- rine (Minch) Theisen, both of whom are deceased. They settled in the township of Springwells, Wayne county, where they lived for eighteen years. June 26, 1865, he was married to Margaret, daughter of Mathew and Ann (Foley) Reddy, whose children are : William, born March 15, 1868; Annie, born March 27, 1866, died April 1, 1866; Patrick J., born March 17, 1867, died April 1, 1867; Joseph M., August 5, 1870; Elizabeth J., August 5,1872; Annie, December 24, 1876; Catharine, born January 5, 1878, died January 15, 1882; Sarah, January 7. 1880; Fred, November 2, 1885: Stephen, November 1, 1886, and Clarence, June 5, 1887.

CHARLES ARTHUR THORN, for a number of years school moderator in Ash, is the son of John

and Elizabeth (Walters) Thorn, and born July 23, 1859. At Flat Rock, September 1, 1878, he married Alda, daughter of Watson D. and Elizabeth (Trace) Clark. The children are: Mabel, born May 29, 1880; Myrtie B., January 25, 1883; Daisy N., February 11, 1885, died February 25, 1885; Grove J., March 23, 1886; Lee D., March 7, 1888.

WALTER A. VILES was born in Ash, Novem- ber 16, 1840, his parents being Joseph and Julia Ann (Devore) Viles, settlers of 1832, his father cutting the first wagon road from Flat Rock to his claim on section 3. He enlisted in the 4th Mich. Vol. Inf. September 2, 1864, and went to the front, serving until discharged at Houston, Texas, May 26, 1866. July 24, 1862, he married Ann, daughter of Enoch and Catherine (Van Riper) Chamberlin, whose children are Catherine J., boin October 29, 1863; and Joseph E., January 26, 1871.

SAMUEL WALLACE, for the past seven years, has been a helpless cripple ou his farm on section 16, in Ash township, his lower extremities being para. lyzed as the result of a fever in 1882. For thirteen years Mr. W. was school director and moderator in school district No. 7. lle was born June 8, 1823, in Corogary, County Moneghan, Ireland, and came to this country in 1847, and to Monroe county in 1852. He lived in Exeter for two years, then settled in Ash, where he has since resided. July 4, 1851, he married Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tolbert) Boyle, born in Killarney, Ireland, August 1, 1825. Their family circle consists of John Lewis, horn May 19, 1852; Elizabeth, June 27, 1853; Mary Ann, December 23, 1855, died October 18, 1860; Samuel L., November 25, 1860; William R., October 4, 1863, died September 12, 1864; William T., November 16, 1867.

JOHN WELCH was born in Ireland in 1820. Came to America in 1851. June 21, 1852, he married Mar- garet Reddy, who was born at Castle Komer, Ireland, in 1820. Soon after their marriage they came to Aslı township, Mich., and purchased 80 acres of land. One child, William Joseph, was born to them, Octo- ber 22, 1860. William married Maggie Tizen, of Ex- eter, May 12, 1885, who was born in Michigan Jan- uary 1, 1866.

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LUCAS ADAMS, the son of Samuel and Anna (Stone) Adams, was born April 16, 1806, in Leicester, Addison county, Vt., where he was married Septem- ber 17, 1834, to Mary, daughter of Elisha and Ruth (Davids) Baker. He came to Bedford in April, 1836, after stopping in Cleveland, Ohio, for about a year. He now receives his mail at Temperance. His chil- dren are : Charles, born July 7, 1835, died May 26, 1868; Elisha Baker, born March 15, 1837, died January 9, 1851; John Quincy, November 6, 1849, now living on the old homestead; and Ruth Ann, May 15, 1842, now living in Ida, the wife of Wm. Iloag. Mr. Adams's father and Mrs. Adams's mother died at his house, the former at the age of eighty-six, the latter eighty years old. In politics he has been a Republi- can for many years, and has been elected to a number of local offices, but failed to qualify for any. He is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church.

JAMES ALLONSON ALLEN, who for six years was deputy sheriff of Monroe county, is a Democrat, and was born October 17, 1826, in Rutland Co., Vt. In 1835 he came to Bedford with his parents, Liba and Laura (Doane) Allen. He was married at Lambert- ville, January 2, 1851, to Christina, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Bennett) Phelps. Their children are : Arabel Matilda, born January 29, 1852; Delbert A. and Delmer A., September 23, 1854; Viola, January 7, 1857; Edna, born August 5, 1860, died January 4, 1871; Lucy. J, April 15, 1866. Delmer died August 25, 1855, and Delbert A. lives at home on the farm. By occu- pation Mr. Allen is a farmer and carpenter, and

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receives his mail at Lambertville. In religion a Universalist.

LEWIS ANSTED, a merchant and farmer of Bed- ford, came there in 1864 with his parents, Jacob and Elizabeth (Welker) Ansted, on their removal from Washington township, Sandusky county, O, where he was born August 1, 1846. March 1, 1870, he was mar- ried to Marietta, daughter of Elisha and Harriet Amanda (Reynolds) Hayden. They have six children, five boys and one girl, the oldest of whom is seven- teen, living with them on their hundred and twenty acre farm, and have lost two boys by death. In 1880 he opened a general store at Temperance, and on the establishment of a postoffice there, was appointed postmaster, which place he now fills. In politics he is a strong Prohibitionist, and in religion a member of the Free Methodist church, in which he has been trustee and treasurer for over eight years.

PIERCE ARCHER follows the occupation of farmer and builder. His postoffice is Temperance. He was born in Buckinghamshire, England, October 24, 1820, and came to this country in 1823 with his parents, Charles and Ann (Walker) Archer, the former of whom is now living in Monroe, the place of his first settlement, a hale and hearty man, who passed his ninety-sixth birthday February 14, 1890, and working as a gardener nearly every day. At Erie, September 18, 1849, he married Maria, daughter of Thomas and Dianthe (Schilling) Arnold, four of whose children are now living, two boys in Toledo, one in Battle Creek, and one girl, married and residing in St. Johns, and one girl dead. Politically he is a Republican, and came to Bedford in the fall of 1870.

CLOVIS BOOKEY was the third of seven children of John and Phoebe (Trombley) Bookey, and was born in Rochester, N. Y., June 16, 1829. On coming west he first went to Detroit and then to Toledo, settling in Bedford (Lambertville) in 1874. He was married at Otter Creek, January 17, 1862, to Arvilla, daughter of Francis and Theresa (Aubin) Charter, whose children are: Theresa Eliza, born January 5, 1863; Henry Elmer, April 22, 1866; Helen, July 11, 1868; Arvilla, Ida, March 16, 1871; Rozella, January 4, 1875, died July 4, 1879; Letitia May, September 21, 1879; Clovis Red- mond, April 2, 1886. While brought up in the Roman Catholic faith, he does not claim membership in any church now. He is a member of Forsyth Post, No. 14, at Toledo, having enlisted in March, 1864, in Co. B, 67th Ohio Vol. Inf. at Toledo, and in August of the same year was badly wounded in the left hand, at Deep Bottom, in the Wilderness fight. While refusing all township offices, he votes the Republican ticket as a rule.

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History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 105

Author: Wing, Talcott Enoch, 1819-1890, ed Publication date: 1890 Publisher: New York, Munsell & company Number of Pages: 882

Author: Wing, Talcott Enoch, 1819-1890, ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York, Munsell & company
Number of Pages: 882