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OTIS W. CHAMBERLIN, son of Uriah and Sarah (Gilbirds) Chamberlin, was born in Berlin town- ship, March 24, 1843. He has been twice married, the first time in Lafayette, Indiana, to Johanna, daughter of John and Mary (Munn) Emmart, October 8, 1862. She died May 8, 1879, her childrenbeing two boys and one girl living, and one boy has died. April 16, 1881, he married Caroline, daughter of William and Catherine F. (Case) Pirdun. By occupation Mr. Chamberlin is a farmer, and for twelve years has been director in his school district.
SARAH CHAMBERLIN, widow of Uriah Cham- berlin, is the daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Free- love) Gilbirds. She is a native of Quebec, where she was born March 17, 1815. While in Vienna, Seneca county, N. Y., June 17, 1836, she was married to Uriah Chamberlin, and they at once came to Berlin. Her husband died January 12, 1885, and of her chil- dren (twelve boys and two girls) all but seven boys are living.
AUSTIN BOSTWICK CHAPMAN, one of the pioneers of Southeastern Michigan, was born in Ver- mont February 3, 1821, the son of Joseph and Laura (Bostwick) Chapman. Coming to Wayne county in 1835, he located in Berlin in 1839, and July 4, 1847, was married to Catherine, daughter of John and Cornelia (Smith) Burton. Of their children, four boys and two girls, Hiram, Hobert and Austin B., jr., are the only ones living, two of the remaining four dying in infancy, and the other two after they were grown up.
AUSTIN B. CHAPMAN, JR., son of Austin B. and Catherine (Burton) Chapman, was born in Berlin township November 17, 1851. December 25, 1870. he married Mary C., daughter of Nicholas W. and Mary Ann (Chase) Van Riper. Ilis family consists of Cor- nelia C., born January 10, 1872; Delmont L., October 2, 1873; Almon B., April 14, 1877; Mabel May, July 5, 1879; and Hazel G., April 18, 1888. For eight years he has held the office of school inspector, and has been school director in his district since 1870.
WARREN F. CHARTER, a soldier in the last war, is the son of Francis and Martha (Odell) Charter, and born in LaSalle, Mich., March 7, 1844. Co. A, 4th Reg. Mich. Inf. was organized in Monroe May 16, 1861, and mustered into the three years' service June 20, 1861, being assigned to the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Warren F. went as a recruit in August, 1862, and served until the regiment was mus
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tered out in October, 1865. December 26, 1865, he married Rachel, daughter of John and Emily(Everett) Manning, and is the father of two children, a boy and girl. By occupation a sawyer, he has been in part- nership with Wm. Gretz'er for the past six years.
JOHN F. COLBURN, a merchant and for eight years postmaster at Newport, in Berlin township, was born in Ash, Monroe county, Michigan, Novem- ber 12, 1842. His parents, Josiah and Abigail (Foster) Colburn, came from Vermont and settled on section 36 in Ash township in 1833, taking out letters patent for the land, the papers being signed by Andrew Jackson. His father died January 15, 1886. His brother William was in the 17th Wisconsin for three years, and George enlisted in the 24th Michigan in August, 1862, and was killed at Gettysburg July 3, 1863. His wife, Emeline, is the daughter of Joseph and Sally (True) Doty, who settled in Raisinville in 1836, to whom he was married November 30, 1865. Her children are : Ella, born December 28, 1868, died August 25, 1869; George M., April 7, 1872; Belle, October 16, 1874; Elroy D., born October 19, 1878, died July 17, 1887.
MRS. RACHEL FLINT, widow of Isaac H. Flint, was born in Collins, Erie county, N. Y., August 7, 1828, and came to Salem, Washtenaw county, Mich., with her parents, Crampton and Lucinda (Buck) Jewell, in the spring of 1833. In 1844 she moved to Ash township, and December 25, 1845, was married to Isaac H. Flint, who died January 30, 1885. Of her children, one girl and two boys are still at home, six boys and five girls are living, and one boy and two girls have been laid to rest.
WILHELM GRETZLER, son of Henry and Caroline (Willett) Gretzler, was born November 12, 1835, in Golchei, Prussia. He came to the United States in 1869, settling in Corry, Pa , in May of that year, and in September marrying Minnie Danks, who died January 3, 1871, leaving him one boy. Novem- ber 30, 1871. he was married to his present wife, Fredericka, daughter of John and Catherine (Selpen) Schrader, and at once moved to Berlin. Her children, two boys and two girls, are all living. By occupation, Mr. Gretzler is a farmer, and one of the owners of the saw-mill of Gretzler & Charter.
CAPTAIN JAMES HALEY was born in Chau- tauqua county, N. Y., November 15, 1830, and when 17 years old began as a sailor on the lakes, in which occupation as boy and man he continued until the fall of 1877, when he retired to farm life in Berlin township. He came to Berlin in the fall of 1843 with his parents, Patrick and Sarah (Gear) Haley, both of whom are deceased. June 30, 1853, in Detroit, he was married to Selena, daughter of Aaron and Dinah (Pierce) Crook. Of their children, one boy and three girls are living, and one boy and one girl dead.
DUNCAN R. HENRY, an old-time Jackson Democrat, by occupation a carriage trimmer, and liv- ing with his son-in-law, Benjamin Guire, was born in New York City, August 8, 1809, his parents being Captain Charles and Elizabeth (Robertson) Henry. In 1840 he moved to Ohio, and in Wooster, Wayne county, on December 28, 1846, married Mary Ann, daughter of Francis and Catherine (Christmas) Stusson. Of her children six girls and two boys are living and one boy has died.
ELNATHAN HOLMES, who enlisted as a pri- vate in the one hundred days' service, being mustered May 2, 1864, with Co. I, 130th Ohio National Guards, and discharged September 22, 1864, was born in Wash- ington township, Lucas county. O., October 12, 1824, his parents being John and Elizabeth (Stranss) Holmes. October 12, 1855, he married Angeline, daughter of Palmer and Lucy (Robbins) Wescott, who is the mother of three children: Charles Frank, born Novem- ber 4, 1856; Cora Adell, January 25, 1861; Hattie
Myrtle, January 31, 1871. By occupation he is a farmer and carpenter.
JOHN VOLNEY HOLMES, a South Rockwood farmer, son of William and Eva Jane (Wiggins) Holmes, was born in Riga, Lenawee county, Mich., Sertember 18, 1850. At Whiteford, December 31, 1865, he was married to Nellie, daughter of George and Harriet (Blackman) Clark. His only child, Myrtle H., was born January 25, 1875.
ADOLPH JARVIS came to Detroit in 1848 with his parents, Joseph and Sophia (La Moire) Jarvis, and in the following year removed to Berlin township. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, September 26, 1841, and March 17, 1867, married Margaret, daughter of John and Marienne (Beaumier) Trombley. Of his family, four boys and four girls, the former all died in early infancy; the latter, Susan, Matilda, Anna and Louisa, are living with their parents in Newport.
RAPHAEL JARVIS, better known as "James " Jarvis, is the son of Joseph and Sophia (La Moire) Jarvis, and was born in Montreal, Quebec, March 8, 1839. He came to Detroit in 1848, and after remaining there about a year moved to Berlin. January 27, 1863, he married Mary, daughter of John and Marienne (Beaumier) Trombley. Their children are : Frank, born June 2, 1863; John Albert, February 14, 1866; Esther Mary, May 27, 1868; Matilda Mary, January 26, 1870; William, November 20, 1872: Mary Anna, August 22, 1874: Mary Alice, September 27, 1877; Mary Celena, October 23, 1879; and Chartie D., April 13, 1882.
MRS. MARY ANN JONES, widow of Frank- lin H. Jones (deceased September 13, 1881), to whom she was married February 18, 1864, was born in New Orleans October 6, 1839, daughter of Stephen and Anna Dusseau. She came to Monroe county in 1854, and is the mother of six girls and three boys, all of whom are living under the home roof of their child- hood.
ELI LAMARAND, son of Joseph and Sarah (Reume) Lamarand, was born in Berlin, Monroe county, Mich., February 16, 1842. January 4, 1864, while in Detroit, he enlisted in Co. E, 17th Mich. Vol. Inf., and with them participated in the several engage- ments they were in until the battle of Spotsylvania C. H., when he was captured and sent to Andersonville. After passing six months in that "hell," he was sent to Florence, thence to Goldsboro, N. C., where in the latter part of February, 1865, he was exchanged after being "penned " for about ten months. After a thirty days' furlough he rejoined his regiment and remained with them until they were mustered out of service August 4, 1865. Is a member of Monroe Post, No. 76, G. A. R. By occupation a farmer.
CHESTER LAMB was born in Penn Yan, Yates county, N. Y., October 11, 1829, his parents being Jonathan and Sarah (Sweetsville) Lamb. In Septen- ber, 1853, he married Helen, daughter of William and Rachel (Degraw) Wycoff, and the following month became a resident of Ash township, in which he held the office of highway commissioner for six years, also duplicating the same on his removal to Berlin township ; for four years he was deputy sheriff of the county. He was raised in Hiram Lodge. No. 110, at Flat Rock, July 11, 1863, and still holds membership there. His children, two boys and a like number of girls, are all living.
MRS. JANE LOVERIDGE, the widow of Jay Loveridge (deceased August 8, 1887), to whom she was married March 17, 1854, is the daughter of Mahlon and Frances (Swallow) Reading. She was born in Water- loo, Seneca county, N. Y., August 27, 1833, and came to Monroe county with her parents in 1835. Her children, Ollie M., born June 8, 1858; Jennie H., December 8, 1863; Eddie M., October 11, 1864, are all living and married well. Mary F., born June 11, 1868, died November 13, 1873; and adopted Florence M., born September 19, 1873.
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JOHN NEIDERMEIR came to Monroe county in July, 1852, with his parents, Frederick and Caroline (Bunaz) Neidermeir. A native of Liebiediebold, Prussia, he was born December 2, 1851. May 8, 1878, he married Clara, daughter of Duncan R. and Marian (IIasson) Henry, and is now the father of three boys : Charles F., Frederick and Howard S., the oldest being in his eleventhi year. For many years he was engaged in farming, spending his spare time in reading law, and under the tutelage of Gouverneur Morris, was ad- mitted to practice at the May term of the Monroe county court in 1899.
WILLIAM NEIF, born the Province of Baden, Germany, January 1, 1853, came to New York with his parents, Barnard and Margaret (Hart) Neif, in 1855. July 4, 1872, he married Johanna, daughter of John and Amelia (Mckenzie) Jackson, and removed to Attica, Fulton county, O. In 1874 he settled in Berlin, taking a farm of 120 acres near South Rock- wood. His family consists of three boys and five girls.
CHARLES G. PETERS, son of Henry and Rachel (Cone) Peters, both deceased, was born in Waterloo, Seneca county, N. Y., January 21, 1829, and came to Monroe county with his parents in Octo- ber, 1837. At Flat Rock, Wayne county, July 28, 1855, he was married to Nancy J., daughter of Charles and Tryphena (Palfrey) Jolly, who came to this county with her parents in 1853, being born in the same township with Charles in 1837. Their children are : Emma J., born August 7, 1856: Clara E .. born August 26, 1860; Jacob H., April 17, 1863; Ida R., August 20, 1865; Charles E., February 20, 1868; Lillie, February 23, 1870; John G., July 1, 1873; Allie M., October 27, 1875; Myrtie L., June 7, 1878; all of whom are living, Charles G., John G., Allie M., and Myrtie L. at home, the others married and living in homes of their own. Charles G. is a consistent member of the Baptist church in Flat Rock, and by occupation a stock-raiser and farmer.
GEORGE W. PETERS, born in Berlin town- shir, October 31, 1850, is the son of Henry and Rachel (Cone) Peters. April 7, 1875, he married Josephine E., daughter of William and Harriet (Butler) Losee. His children are: Alice I., born August 24, 1877; Allen W., May 31, 1880; and Mabel May, born August 31, 1884.
HARRIET E. PETERS, daughter of Lewis and Hannah (Lamb) Northrop, was born in Flat Rock, Wayne county, Mich., December 14, 1842, and was the elder of two sisters, the other, Mary, being born in June, 1846. Her husband, Robert R. Peters, was born April 14, 1834, in Waterloo, Seneca county, N. Y., and came to Monroe county with his parents, Henry and Rachel (Cone) Peters, in 1838. They were married in Monroe August 26, 1858, and at once went on the farm on which they now live. He is a member of Wallace Post, No. 95, G. A. R., at Flat Rock, having enlisted August 4, 1862, in Co. K, 24th Mich. Vol. Inf., from which he was honorably discharged June 26, 1865. Their children are: Mary E, born March 13, 1860, married Wm. E. Wilton October 11, 1876; Ellen J., born September 30, 1861, married J. Henry Green March 17, 1880; Annie M., born June 1, 1867, married John E. French September 15, 1885; George R., born March 26, 1872; and Frederick J., born February 23, 1879, died August 19, 1879.
DANIEL PLUFF, son of Frank and Mary (Ver- met) Pluff, was born April 11, 1857, in Monguagon township, Wayne county, Mich. June 30, 1885, he married Josephine, daughter of Urbin and Louisa (Coreau) Petit. Gertrude, born February 15, 1887, is their only child.
JOHN B. RAGLE, son of Antoine and Madeline (Stein) Ragle, was born September 1, 1826, in the village of Hilhim, province of Lorraine, France. He was in a Lance regiment of cavalry in the regular
French army for seven years, serving under Louis Phillippe, the Republic, and Emperor Napoleon III. On his arrival in America, March 7, 1854, he came to Monroe, and the following April married Adele, daughter of Joseph and Frances (Chabel) Stein, who liad settled in LaSalle in 1831. After living in L&Salle for nine years he returned to Monroe, where he lived till 1879, when he moved to Berlin. Of his children one boy and one girl have died, and four girls and one boy are living.
ELIAS SAUTURE, son of Eli and Margaret (Rowe) Sauture, was born in Newport. January 28, 1855. Married Mary, daughter of Louis and Eliza- beth (Nadeau) Cutear, January 21, 1883. Their family consists of three boys: Isaac, born November 9, 1884; Louis, September 1, 1886; and Columbus Leo, August 11, 1888.
REV. ADAM A. SCHEURER, born in Amherst, Erie county, N. Y .. January 24, 1850, is the son of John A. and Caroline (Michel) Scheurer, and came to Monroe county at the age of sixteen, settling in La Salle in March. 1866. Six years later he married Louisa M.,daughter of Theobold and Rosina (Schenke) Scheurer, by whom he has had two children, a boy and a girl, both of whom are now living. At Michi- gan conference in session at More Park, St. Joe county, Mich., in April, 1879, he was admitted to the ministry in the Evangelical church. He is the pastor of the congregation of that denomination in Ida.
CHARLES LOUIS TROMBLEY is the son of John and Marie (Beaumie) Trombley, and was born in Newport, Maich 9, 1860. His father was born in Quebec, January 1, 1802, and died in April, 1877. He is living with his mother on his farm near Newport, engaged in school teaching and literary work, holding the offices of notary public and school inspector.
GARRETT VREELAND, grandson and name- sake of the pioneer settler of Flat Rock, is the son of Louis and Laura (Norton) Vreeland, and born March 2, 1858. A farm of 118 acres on the south side of the Huron River locates the office of the "Squire," he having been elected justice of the peace in and for Berlin township in 1886. He was married to Cath- erine, daughter of Frank and Sarah (Allen) Allen, Sep- tember 29, 1880, and is the father of Gracie, born May 27, 1886.
DUNDEE TOWNSHIP.
JOHN S. BABCOCK, of Dundee village, was born in Bath, Steuben county, N. Y., June 30, 1813. In 1836 he came to Dundee. He was a blacksmith by trade, and for nearly fifty years followed that busi- ness in Dundee. He was married in 1835 to Jane H. Fleming. They had three children: Albert H., born June 4, 1836, now living in Gage county, Neb .; Laura, born in 1842, the wife of George McBride; and George, born December 28, 1847. Albert H. was captain of Co. E, 18th Mich. Vol. Inf. He enlisted in 1862 as first lieutenant, and mustered out at the end of the war as captain.
PHILARMON BREWER, farmer, was born in Bridgewater, Mich., January 20, 1840, where he re- sided until his eighth year, when he came to Dundee. He married Sarah Rankin September 20, 1868, who was born in New York State, September 19, 1846. They have had three children: Arthur E., born Jan uary 4, 1870; Warren J., born February 20, 1877; and Vesta L., born April 29, 1879. He enlisted in Co. F, 26th Mich. Vol. Inf., August 7, 1862, and was mustered out June 13, 1865. He is a member of William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R.
MILTON O. CADY, proprietor of the Cady House, Dundee, was born at Dundee, December 12, 1843, where he continued to reside until his twenty-fourth year, when he moved to Detroit. For the following
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eighteen years he engaged in the paper business. He removed to Dundee in 1886, and opened the hotel of which he is now proprietor. He was married October 4, 1883, to Eleanor C. Bennett, of Detroit, who was born at Watertown, N. Y., March 30 1849.
REUBEN CHAPMAN, who died June 26, 1883. was born in Connecticut, July 13. 1800. He came to Mon- roe county in 1856. October 21. 1834, he married Polly Merryfield, who was born in New York State, Novem- ber 18, 1814. They have eight children: Mary E., born September 18, 1835; Ervaitt, born January 23, 1837; Ward M., born September 11, 1839; Reuben E., born July 10, 1842; Marshall R., born September 19, 1844; Warren W., born September 29, 1848. Mrs. Chapman is now the wife of James Philips, whom she married June 20, 1886.
PHEBE L. DUNLAP, the wife of Henry Dunlap, whom she married April 4, 1860, was born in in Dundee, May 16, 1837. She is a daughter of Jus- tus Tremain. Their children are: Sarah V., born August 2, 1861, wife of Charles Meade; Ernest C., born October 23, 1865, died June 25, 1870; Alice B., born September 5, 1867; Justus A., born September 7, 1869: Myrtie E., born December 22, 1870, died Feb. 22, 1888: and William E., born June 23, 1873. Mrs. Dun- lap is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Peters- burg.
R. T. DUTTON, who died December, 1876, was a farmer of Dundee township from 1840 until his death. He was born in Casnovia township, Ontario county, N. Y., February 22, 1810, and settled in Mon- roe county in 1840. His wife survives him, and her maiden name was Mary A. Van Fliet. She was born January 22, 1823. She was first married to Phillip L. Miller, an early settler in Monroe county in 1814, who died April, 1852. She married Mr. Dutton February 28, 1874. Five children were born to her by her first marriage as follows: Luman Van Miller, born Sep- tember 6, 1842, died in 1862, while a member of Co. H, 11th Mich. Regt .; Luther D., born July 17, 1844 ; Jane E, wife of Homer Leach, born September 27, 1847; Mary, wife of Alfred Wilson, born June 2, 1850; Lewis P., born December 11, 1852, died April 28, 1882. Luther D. was a member of the 15th Regt. Mich. Inf. during the rebellion. Mrs. Dutton's post- office address is Dundee, Mich.
VALORUS D. FORD was born in Greene county N. Y., January 29, 1809. At five years of age he re- moved with his parents to Otsego Co., N. Y., where he remained until his twenty-first year, when he came to Buffalo and remained there seven years. He is a pat- lern maker and millwright by trade, and during his early years assisted in the erection of many mills in New York State and Michigan. He settled in Dundee in 1841, and with the exception of five years has re- sided in that village. He was married in 1840 to Eliza Bell, who was born in the north of Ireland. Seven children (but four are living) have been born to them. Their names are: Franklin F., Abner Dan., Robert B., and Corydon L. Ford. The three first named are journalists. The oldest son, Franklin, was the editor of Bradstreet's (newspaper) for the seven years ending January 1, 1887. Mr. Ford's wife is a member of the M. E. Church of Dundee.
FRANCIS W. FOX, farmer, was born in New York State, October 1, 1839, and came to Dundee in 1866. For one year he ran a flour mill, afterwards for two years he was in the mercantile business. In 1870 he settled on his present farm. He married January 19, 1864, Jennie Barber, who was born in New York State November 13, 1838. They have had three chil- dren: Mary J., born December 31, 1864, wife of E. H. Palmer; Rowland, born July 4, 1866; and Royer R., born September 24, 1879. Mr. Fox enlisted as private April, 1861, in Co. E, 33d Regt. N. Y. Vol. Inf, and was mustered out June 6, 1863, as sergeant.
AUGUSTUS GLEAN, furniture dealer of Dundee, was born in New York State, June 23, 1821. He came to Monroe county in 1853, settling in Dundee, where he has since continued to reside. He is a cabinet- maker by trade. He enlisted Angust, 1861, in Co. D, 7th Mich. Inf., and served with that regiment during its entire enlistment, being mustered out in 1865, and participating in nearly all the memorable battles of the Rebellion. He was wounded twice : first at Ream's Station, in August, 1864, and again at Cold Harbor. He is a member of William Bell Post, No. 10. He married in July, 1885, Ellen Wheeler, who was born in New York State March 7, 1843.
ABNER HAINES, farmer, was born at Lodi, Sum- ner county, N. Y., October 25, 1813. In 1835 he came to Ridgeway, Lenawee county, Mich., where he re- sided until 1844, when he came to Dundee. He mar- ried Minerva Coryell January 4, 1838. who was born in Seneca county, N. Y., February 15, 1816. They have had seven children, of whom six are now living: Elizabeth, the wife of Norman Curtis, of Kansas ; Oscar D .; Augusta C., wife of George Kent, of Kansas; A. J .; Herman O. and George.
FRANK HELLSTERN, marble and granite cutter, was born in Germany, April 24, 1853, and came to America in 1869 and settled in Jackson county. In 1880 he came to Dundee, and in connection with Con- rad Brendle opened the marble and stone works of Brendle & Hel'stern. His wife's maiden name was Mary Poeger. They have two children, both girls.
GEORGE W. HURD, druggist, was born in New York State May 31, 1838. During the same year his parents removed to the State of Michigan, settling in the township of York, where they remained for twelve years and then settled in Monroe county. Mr. Hurd settled in Dundee in 1866, and has since been engaged in the drug trade. He married Lucy Chittenden, of Monroe county, November 16, 1865. She was born in this county January 12, 1843. They have had but one child, Leo Augusta. Mr. Hurd enlisted in the 18th Regt. Mich. Vol. Inf. August, 1862, and served with that regiment during its memorable service until it was mustered out in July, 1865. He entered the service as private and was mustered out as lieutenant.
JAMES KENYON, dry goods and general merchan- dise dealer, was born in New York City April 21, 1817, where he lived until his fourteenth year. In 1837 he came to Monroe City, where he was engaged in mercantile. pursuits until 1867, when he came to Dundee. He was married in 1838 to Anna Scranton, who died in 1839, leaving one child, Margaret, the wife of Kenny Reynolds. Mr. Kenyon's present wife's maiden name was Eliza C. Griffin, to whom he was married in 1841. Eight children have been born to them, four of whom are now living. Mr, Kenyon is a Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. church.
MARTIN KNOWLES, formerly a farmer of Dun- dee township, died December 5, 1882. He was born in Ireland July 12, 1820. He came to America in 1840, and settled in Lenawee county, Mich., where he remained two years, then came to Dundee township. He married October 6, 1844, Martha A. Vanderventer, who was born in Lockport, N. Y., April 3, 1827. They had nine children: James P., born November 4, 1845; Michael T., born August 27, 1847; John H., born January 6, 1850; Mary, born July 17, 1854, wife of Austin Dexter; Amy E , born October 26, 1857, wife of S. Huntler; Martha, born October 4, 1860; George B., born December 25, 1862; Daniel, born June 16, 1865; Frank, born April 2, 1867.
JOACHIMF. KOEPCKE, farmer, was born in Ger- many, November 15, 1850. He came to America in 1874, and settled in Monroe City. He moved on his present farm in 1878. He was married to Louise Kruger, April 30, 1878, who was born in Monroe
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county November 5, 1860. Their children are: August, born March 23, 1879; Frederick, born September 8, 1880; William, born February 4, 1882, and Theodore, born February 14, 1884. Mr. Koepcke served three years in the German army. Postoffice address, Rea.
EBENEZER LOCKWOOD, who died September 8, 1881, was one of the earliest settlers in Dundee. He was born in New York State, March 21, 1807, and came to Monroe county in 1830. He married Eliza Rathburn. who still resides in Dundee, June 20, 1828, Five children, of whom but three are now living, were born to them: Charlotte, now the wife of Fran- cis Smith; Eliza, wife of Mr. Slayton; and Ebenezer. Their oldest son, George, was killed in the War of the Rebellion, while their other son was burned to death on a boat at Saginaw. Mr. Lockwood was a respected citizen of Dundee, and a member of the M. E. church.
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