History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 108

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

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C. F. E. LONG, lumber merchant, was born in New York State, March 7, 1827. He came from Lenawee county, Mich., to Dundee in 1854, and for many years has conducted a saw mill furnishing employment to seven men. December 31, 1856, he married Elizabeth P. Rawson, daughter of C. F. W. Rawson, of Dundee. Two children, Cora and Dela, have been the issue of this marriage. Mr. Long is a Republican in politics, and at present is assessor of Dundee. He has held the office of supervisor, and has been trustee of Dundee village.

JOSHUA MANNING, who died December 15, 1882, was for many years engaged in farming in Dundee township. He was born in Alberg Spring, N. Y., April 16, 1819. and settled in Monroe county in 1844, He married Ruth A. Potter, September 9, 1842. Mrs. Manning was born in Rutland, Vt., February 18, 1822. They had five children: Porter, born June 12, 1843, died March 18, 1849; a girl, born August 28, 1849, who died in infancy; Jennie, born April 28, 1853, wife of Marcus C. Cheesbrough; Millard, born June 12, 1857, and Bert, born March 13, 1861.

FRANCIS H. MILLER, farmer, was born in New York State, March 15, 1843. He came with his father, Benjamin Miller, to Monroe county, in 1852. He mar- ried January 1, 1867, Mary A. Heath, who was born in Dundee, March 14, 1852. They have had four chil- dren: Charles II., born July 5, 1869; Eugene, born Jan. 11, 1871, died the same year; Dora M., born De- cember 13, 1873; and Grace A., born July 21, 1877. He enlisted as private in the 15th Mich. Vol. Inf. March 21, 1864, and was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., August 13, 1865. He is a member of William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R.

HENRY MILLER, a farmer of Dundee township, was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery county, N. Y., July 25, 1821. He settled in Dundee, Monroe county, in 1843. His wife, Mary II. Shoemaker, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1819. Their children are: Homer, born October 21, 1844; Isa- dore A., wife of Edward L. Moore, born July 29, 1847; Clark N., born October 4, 1849; Lucinda, wife of Madison Goodrich, born October 11, 1852; Eugene H., born February 24, 1857 ; Harriet B., wife of Stephen Moore, born February 5, 1869. Mr. Miller was form- erly a Republican in political faith, but of late years has supported the Prohibition cause.

HOMER MILLER, farmer, of Dundee township, was born in Dundee, October 21, 1844, and has lived in this township ever since. He was married to Emma Hoagland, who was born in Macon, Lenawee county, Mich., October 10, 1845, married October 10, 1867. Their children are: Clara B., born February 25, 1872, and Roy M., born November 29, 1877. Mr. Miller is a veteran of the late war, having enlisted in Co. H, 18th Mich. Vol. Inf., August, 1862, and served with that regiment until it was mustered out in July, 1865. Post- office address: Rea, Michigan.

MILES MOORE, who died October 6, 1880, settled on a farm in Dundee township, about two miles west of the village of Dundee, when twenty-three years old. He was born in the State of New Hampshire, February 14, 1823. At the age of eight years he removed with his parents to Raisinville township, Monroe county. He remained on his farm in Dundee until his death. A cooper by trade, he worked at coopering until he be - came a farmer. He was married twice: First, Decem- ber 25, 1845, to Jane L. Lawrence, who died March 23, 1854. Three children were born to them, of whom Edward L., born November 21, 1846, is the only sur- vivor. His second marr age, to Jane E. Kent, dangh- ter of Enos Kent, a settler in Monroe county in 1830, took place September 14, 1854. Mrs. Moore still re- sides in Dundee. Their children are: Charles H., born February 28, 1858; Stephen, born September 19, 1857; Engene M., born August 10, 1871. Mr. Moore was an active spirit in all that pertained to the pros- perity of Dundee. He was a strong temperance man and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

EDMUND C. MUNGER, of Dundee, a soldier in the late civil war, was born in Dundee December 20, 1834. His father, Elizar D. Munger, was born in Litchfield county, Conn., Dec. 29, 1806. His parents came to Michigan in 1833, settled in Dundee, where his father died Dec. 22, 1884. His mother's maiden name was Mary P. Simonds, and is still living in Dundee township. Edmund C. was the third child in a family of eight children. He enlisted in the 7th Regt. of Mich. Inf., Co. D, August 10, 1861, and was mustered out of service September 22, 1864. He participated in the battles of Ball's Bluff, Yorktown, West Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Fredericksburg, Gettys- burgh, Robertson Tavern and Wilderness. On the second day's fighting at the battle of the Wilderness, he was wounded in the elbow, from the effects of which wound his arm has since been amputated. He was taken prisoner July, 1863, and held until pardon- ed, August 29, 1863. Mr. Munger was married May 25, 1863, to Sarah Gee, daughter of Franklin Gee, an carly settler in Dundee. Their children are: Franklin E., born February 13, 1866; Harriet F., born September 15, 1867; Hellen C., born August 30, 1869, and Mary E , born in Kansas October 4, 1874. In 1871 Mr. Munger, with his family, removed to Newton, Harvey county, Kansas, where he remained over seven years, and was among the first settlers of that section. With this ex- ception he has continuously resided in Dundee. He is a member of the M. E. Church.

ELMON J. NEIMAN, farmer, of Dundee town- ship, was born in Germany, October 11, 1833. He came to America in 1853, and settled upon the farm upon which he now resides. He married February 17. 1860, Orhena Meyer, who was born in Germany January 16, 1839. Their children are: John F., born December 14, 1860; Clara E., born July 17, 1862, wife of Louis Albright; Albert L., born March 17, 1870, and Victor C., born April 7, 1884. Mr. Neiman is a member of the German Lutheran Church of Dundee.

JOACHIM NEEMAN, farmer, of Dundee township. was born in Germany January 14, 1826; came to America in 1853, and settled in Dundee township. He was married to Sophia Bunkleman April 22, 1853, who was born in Germany May 4, 1828. They had nine children, only two of whom are living: Mary, wife of Charles Kabush, born December 20, 1863, and Bernhard, born October 24, 1872. Mr. Nieman is a member of the German Lutheran Church. Postoffice address, Dundee.

JOSHUA PARKER, one of the earliest settlers in Dundee township, was born in Wallingford, Conn., in 1770. He settled in Raisinville, now Dundee town- ship, in 1826. He had five daughters and two sons. His daughters, Mrs. Eva Potter and Mrs. Nancy Spaulding, the former of Dundee village, the latter of Lake county, Ind., are the only survivors. Mrs.

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Potter was born June 10, 1815. In 1835 she married Lyman Plank, who died in 1838; a daughter and a son were born to them as follows : Betsey A., wife of E. F. Hunt, of California, and Lyman, of Deer- field, Mich. In 1865 she married Alfred Potter, who was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1811. He died in 1869. He came to Dundee in 1837. Mrs. Potter's father died in 1853.

FRANKLIN P. PEARCE, farmer, of Dundee town- ship, was born in Dundee February 2, 1836, on the farm where his father settled in 1834. He married November 12, 1859, Eliza C. Munger. Their children are: Clara E., born November 21, 1861, wife of Albert M. Cassidy ; Susan Mary, born September 3, 1864;Albert F., born October 5, 1867, and John T., born December 28, 1870. Postoffice address, Dundee, Mich.

CHARLES F. W. RAWSON, boot and shoe mer- chant of Dundee, was born in New York State, May 17, 1812 In 1833 he settled in Monroe county. During his early manhood he engaged in farming, and is a blacksmi h by trade, but for the last thirty years has been in mercantile business. He is a Republican in polities, and for several years has been supervisor and township clerk of Bedford. For sixteen years he was postmaster at Dundee. Mr. Rawson was married March 13, 1837, to Mary Ann May, who was born in England December 7,1820. They have had six children, four of whom are now living.

WILLIAM A. REA, farmer, of Dundee township, was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., December 8, 1836. When twenty-nine years old he came to Schuy- ler county, N. Y., and remained there three years. He afterwards resided in Jackson one year, and Lenawee six years. In 1875 he settled on his present farm. Rea postoffice, in Dundee township, was named after Mr. Rea. He married Rebecca Myers, of Hunterdon, N. J., December 11, 1858. Postoffice address: Rea, Mich.

FREDERICK SCHULTZ, farmer, of Dundee town- ship, was born in Germany, September 2, 1842 He came to America in 1867, and after one year's resi- denee in New York State settled on his present farm. He was married to Christina Brockman, who was also born in Germany, in March, 1867. Their children are : Henry, William, Charles, Emma, Herman and Al- bert. Postoffice address, Dundee.

JOHN F. SLAYTON, drover and cattle buyer, of Dundee, was born in Dundee, January 4, 1845. He early in life became a butcher and shipper of stock. He was married to Harriet Poeston, January 1, 1869. Two children, Ada, born December 4, 1870, and Eu- gene Franklin, born July 22, 1880, have been the issue of this marriage. Mrs. Slayton was born in Oswego, county, N. Y., February 10, 1851, but since four years of age has resided in Dundee. Mr. Slayton embarked in the dry goods business in 1861, and two years later opened a butcher shop. He sold out both concerns to C. L. Luce in 1884. For the last twenty years he has been largely engaged in shipping cattle.

JOHN E. SMITH, farmer, of Dundee township, was born in Wayne county, N. Y., June 27, 1840. At the age of twelve years he came to Calhoun county. Mich. He settled in Dundee in 1865. He enlisted during the Rebellion in Co. I of the 20th Regt. of Miel. Inf., August 11, 1862, as corporal, and was mustered out of service May 30, 1865. He was wounded in the thigh at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, and served with the regiment during all the engagements in which it participated. He is a mem- ber of William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R. He was married to Agnes L. Huggett in 1865. One child, Mary E., born Aug. 23, 1866, has been the issue of this marriage. His postoffice address is Dundee.

JOSEPH D. SMITH, farmer, of Dundee township, son of Thomas B. and Sarah B. (Avery) Smith, was born in Monroe county, December 9, 1861. His father

was born in England in 1823 and came to America in 1831, and settled with his parents in Huren county. In 1859 he settled in Monroe county, and died in Wood county in 1869. In his father's family there were three children, of whom Joseph D. is the only sur- vivor. His father was a farmer for many years, but during the latter years of his life was engaged in mer- cantile pursuits. Joseph D. was married January 18, 1882, to Ida L. Dean. One child, Eva Pearl, born June 15, 1886, has been the issue of this marriage. Mr. Smith is a member of the Masonic lodge of Dun- dee. Postoffice address: Rea, Mich.

LUCIEN B. SMITH, boot and shoe merchant. of Dundee, was born in Lenawee county, Mich., Febru- ary 23, 1843. He settled in Dundee in 1873. He was married to Mattie Drusmore, of Adrian, April 15, 1867. They have but one child, Florence Bell, born April 9, 1868. Mr. Smith enlisted in Co. F, 4th Mich. Cav., August 4, 1862, at Adrian, and was mustered out of service, July 7, 1865, at Nashville. He participated in the battles of Stone River, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and all the battles in which his regiment took part. He is a member of William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R. He has held several township offices, such as treasurer, superintendent of schools and president of the village. For ten years he taught school. His postoffice address is Dundee.

DANIEL W. SPALDING, farmer, of Dundee, was born in Oneida county, N. Y., June 3, 1814, where he lived until his seventeenth year, when he came to Dundee and has lived there ever since. He married Julia A. Jenne October 22, 1840, who was born in Ledyard, N. Y., October 5, 1818 They have nine children, of whom four are now living: Samuel J., horn June 26, 1843; Mary E., wife of Lysander Adee, born August 5, 1845; Ada, born December 4, 1847; Adelle, born June 1, 1850, died June 30, 1872; Herman N , born February 4, 1853, died May 8, 1857: Franeis V., born April 4, 1855, died April 25, 1857; Effie, born April 25, 1857, wife of Clarence E. Scranton; Norton H, born October 28, 1858, died November 5, 1859. Mr. Spalding was in the Toledo War. He is a carpen- ter by trade, but during the last twenty years has been engaged in farming. He is a member of the Congre- gational church.

JULIUS H. SPALDING. hardware merchant, of Dundee, was born in Bradford county, Pa., January 26, 1823. He came to Monroe City in 1833, and for the fol- lowing twenty years carried on the hardware business in that city. In 1853 he removed on a farm in Exeter township and engaged in farming until 1873, when he came to Dundee where he has since conducted a hard- ware store. He enlisted in Co. K, 12th Regt., as ser- geant in August, 1862, and was mustered out of service in June, 1863. He was married to Mary A. Daly, January 1, 1844. Eight children have been born to them, of whom two are now living. He was formerly a Whig in politics, but is now a Republican. He is a member of William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R.

JEROME B. SQUIRES, farmer, of Dundee town- ship, was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., December 1, 1827. In 1829 his parents settled in Dundee, where Mr. Squires has resided ever since. He married Ruth Ann Graunis of Erie county, N. Y. Their children are: DeWitt. born March 2, 1857; Alonzo, born August 12, 1858; Elizabeth, wife of Byron H. Dean, born July 11, 1861; and Newton, born February 13, 1864. Mr. Squires enlisted in Co. H, 18th Regt. Mich, Inf., September, 1864, and served until the regiment was mustered out, June, 1865. He is a member of William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R. Postoffice address, Rea, Mich.

HENRY A. STEWART, of Dundee village, was born in Bath, Steuben county, N. Y., August 10, 1838. In 1847 he came with his parents to Dundee, and until his nineteenth year lived with Cady, who for many years conducted a hotel in Dundee. He learned the

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blacksmith trade and for five years worked at his trade. He enlisted November 5, 1863, in Co. L, 2d Mich. Cav., and was mustered out August 28, 1865. From exposure he lost the sight of one eye. He is a member of William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R., and Blue Lodge 74 and Mt. Vernon Chapter of the Masonic Order. He was married April 15, 1860, to Mary A. Haines. They have had three children, all of whom have died in infancy. Mr. Stewart was for many years engaged in the grocery business, and for two years was undertaker.

JOSEPH A. STOWELL, of Dundee, who died March 12, 1886, was an old settler of Dundee. He was born at Earlville, Madison county, N. Y., March 5, 1810. Soon after his marriage to Martha Maynard, August 12, 1838, he located in Monroe county. remaining there about five years, when they removed to Lenawee county, where they resided some years, then returned to this aud settled on the land known as the Stowell farin, just east of Dundee village. Mr. Stowell engaged at different times in milling, han- dling cattle, shipping the same to eastern markets. He was an active agent in building the Toledo and Ann Arbor Railroad, and for five years was one of its directors. Five children were born to them, four of whom are now living, as follows: Emery A., born May 13, 1839; Phidelia C., wife of Erastus Rappleye, born April 18, 1841; Marian S., wife of Theodore Mead, born February 9, 1846; Permelia G., born November 20, 1853, who died in infancy; and Sanford A., born August 25, 1886. Mrs. Stowell at present re- sides in the village of Dundee.

LESTER M. VANDEVENTER, farmer, of Dun- dee, was born in Lockport, N. Y., September 11, 1823; came to Michigan in the winter of 1834.5 He settled in Dundee in 1844. He married Mary A. Heath, December 29, 1844. They have had three children: Martha M., born February 8, 1850, wife of Eugene Zelluff; George W., born March 13, 1852; Milo J., born September 5, 1854. Mr. Vandeventer is a carpenter by trade, but for the last twenty years has been en- gaged in farming. He has held several township offices. For forty years he has been a member of the Baptist church of Dundee.

LAWRENCE VAN WORMER, born in Steuben county, N. Y., January 27, 1822, and died April 15, 1885, was for a number of years a farmer of Dundee township. He removed to Dundee from Erie county, Pa., in 1866. He was twice married. His second wife was Nancy Seeley, whom he married in 1864, who still survives him, residing in the village of Dundee. Two children were born to him: Jane Ann, the wife of James Vau Wormer, and Ellen, the wife of James O'Brien.

REV. SAMUEL WARNER, preacher and farmer, of Dundee township, was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., October 21, 1814, and lived there until his twentieth year, when he came to Monroe City. In 1838 he settled in Dundee township on the farm where he resided until his death, which occurred in June, 1889. He married, in 1833, Lydia Nichols, who was born in New York State. She died January 29, 1863. Their children are: Mary J., born February 25, 1842, wife of Caldwell Marshall; Ellen, born De- cember 26, 1844, died November 29, 1856; Eugene and Jeannette, born February 19, 1853; Rebecca, born No- vember 6, 1856, died June 1, 1857. Mr. Warner's second wife is Catherine Choate, whom he married May 4, 1863. She was born in Ovid, N. Y., in 1821. Mr. Warner was a local preacher in the M. E. church twenty six years, and three years before his death was ordained a minister of the Congregational church, making a total service for the Lord of twenty-nine years, most of the time in active service in Dundee.

WALTER WELLS, who died April 3, 1879, was for many years a farmer in Dundee township. He was born in New York State, April 3, 1797, and settled in

Monroe county in 1845. He was married to Cynthia Farlin, February 15, 1835, who still survives him. But one child was born to them, who died in infancy. Mrs. Wells's postoffice address is Dundee.

NELSON WHITE, farmer, and one of the oldest residents of the township of Dundee, was born in Au- rora, N. Y., February 15, 1807, where he remained until 1832, when he settled in Dundee. He married Jennie Jenne, February 14, 1838, who was born in Aurora, N. Y., November 8, 1816. Ten children, of whom seven are now living, were born to them: Parsis, wife of Harvey Shaw; Mary, wife of Amos Goodenberger; Horace; Friend E .; Emily, wife of Henry Rowley; Delia, wife of David Sellers. In early life Mr. White was captain of a boat on the Erie Canat. He also served as lieutenant in the Toledo War.

DAVID G. WILSON, druggist, of Dundee, was born at Ovid, N. Y., March 9, 1842. He settled in Dundee in 1865. He was married October 4, 1872, to Caroline White, of Dundee, who died July 9, 1875. Their children were Grace, born April 9, 1874, and Bertha, born June 30, 1875. He married Millie Piues, of Raisinville, October 26, 1878, who died November 9, 1879. His third wife was Ada McChesney, of Ge- neva, N. Y., whom he married July 26, 1883. By the latter marriage one child has been born, Seeley, born March 26, 1884. Mr. Wilson has followed the drug business for twenty-four years, the last five years in Dundec. .

JOHN WILSON, farmer, of Dundee township, was born in Seneca county, N. Y., April 10, 1840, where he remained until 1863, when he settled on his farm in Dundee. He enlisted in Co. B, 18th Regt. Mich. Inf., September, 1864, and was mustered out, June, 1865. He was married to Mary Marsh, of Lucas county, Ohio, July 15, 1865. Mr. Wilson is a Republican in politics, and has been road commissioner. Postoffice address. Rea.

JAMES B. ZELLUFF, of Dundee, who died No- vember 13, 1861, was born in the State of New Jersey, in 1825. and came to Monroe county in 1834. He mar- ried, January 16, 1845, Sarah Francisc ), who was born in New York State, March 31, 1821. They had six children, of whom but two are living: James S., born December 25, 1845, and David M., born December 13, 1859. After Mr. Zelluff's death Mrs. Zelluff married William Palmer, October 29, 1862, with whom she lived eight years. She now resides alone on the old homestead in Dundee township.

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EPHRAIM BALDWIN, of Maybee, died July 14, 1889, at the age of sixty-eight, leaving his widow, Charlotte A., and four children to mourn his loss. He was born in Lower Canada, November 6, 1821, his parents being John and Abigail (Schumway) Baldwin, and when in his thirteenth year moved to Lenawee county, and graduated from the Ann Arbor Univer- sity in the class of 1849, and in connection with a Mr. Harper taught a select school in Monroe, from which Rev. Father Cooney, Hon. George M. Landon, H. Miller, H. Shaw Noble, Irving and George Palmer, and many others have graduated. During his spare hours while teaching he read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. At Monroe, October 15, 1850, he mar . ried Charlotte A., daughter of Joseph C. and Char- lotte (Lawrence) Garwood, whose children are: Newton, boin February 23, 1850; Charlotte Louise, August 10, 1853 (died January 21, 1879); Willis, March 3, 1860; Lawrence, May 25, 1862; an infant boy, born January 3, and dying January 31, 1867; and Carrie. born March 27, 1869. He was a strong Democrat and vigorous fighter in politics, holding several offices of trust in the county. In religion he was a member of the Episcopal Church, and the oldest madc Mason in Monroe Lodge, No. 27, in which he was initiated

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April 9, 1851, passed May 11, and raised June 18, 1851, and for several years was secretary. On his death, July 14, 1889, he was buried with Masonic honors.

FREDERICK BALLEN was a private in Co. B, 47th Ohio Vol. Inf., enlisting at Adrian, June 15, 1861, and mustered out August 31, 1864. At Dallas, Texas, May 27, 1864, he was wounded in the thigh, and at Vicksburg, Miss., May 4, 1863, was captured and held prisoner for twenty-three days. He was born in Ber- lin, Germany, August 11, 1842, his father's name being John, his mother dying on the voyage across the ocean. He was married in Dundee, September 8, 1865, to Emily, daughter of Henry and Mary (Wilson) Milli- man and settled on section 2, in Exeter. They have had eight children, three boys and five girls; the two oldest girls dicd in infancy, the others all living. He is a member of Baker Post, No. 200, G. A. R., at Carlton, and generally votes the Republican ticket.

DAVID BILLMEYER, son of Gottleib and Mary (Brown) Billmeyer, was born in Wuertemburg, Ger- many, April 26, 1834, and came to America in 1854, and after living three years in Delaware and four years in LaSalle, settled on section 32, in Exeter. February 20, 1863, he married Christina Billmire; she died March 23, 1869. The children by his first wife are: Anna, born October 22,1866; Lizzie, born February 8, 1869. October ?, 1869, at Sandy Creek, he married Mar- garet, daughter of William and Magdelena(Goetz)Rupp, whose children are: William, born September 29, 1870; Frederick, August 24, 1872; Lena, February 11. 1875; Charles, September 17, 1876; Mary, December 2, 1878; George, July 3, 1881; and Jacob, October 3, 1883. A member of the Lutheran Church, and in his politics a Republican.

MRS. EMILY A. BODELL was born in the State of Maine, February 10, 1829. She married January 4, 1848. Her husband, Thomas Bodell, was born in Ire- land, May 1, 1819, came to America in 1845, locating at Monroe. Was a carpenter and joiner at that time He spent two years in California, when he returned, purchased the Grafton Mills, remaining at Grafton five years, when he moved to Monroe. After four years residence at Monroe, purchased a farm at Sandy Creek, of seventy-nine acres. He died February 19, 1879. Mrs. Bodell sold the farm and came to French- town, purchased a farm of fifty-seven acres, and still resides there. Her family consists of thirteen children.

CHARLES WESLEY BORDINE, son of Allen and Lovina (Vedder) Bordine, was born at Oakville, Mich., July 27, 1841, and came to Exeter in 1869, settling on section 1. He was married at Plymouth, February 22, 1869, to Eliza, daughter of John and Charlotte (Casey) Mott, whose children are: Allen J., born April 8, 1870; George Henry, May 23, 1871; Lucy Jane and Mary Lodemia, born January 27, 1873, Mary died March 22, 1873: Charles Franklin, February 15, 1875; and Ada Adelia, October 27, 1877. He is a Republican, and a member of Baker Post, No. 200, G. A. R., at Carlton, having seen service in Co. A, 28th Mich. Vol. Inf., in which he enlisted in 1864.

MRS. DORLISKA COLF BROWN was born in Ash township December 25. 1837. Her parents were born in New York State. Her first husband, Israel Baldwin Colf, was born in Romulus in 1828. They were married March 23, 1855. Four children were born to them. Mr. Colf enlisted August 12, 1862, in Co. C, 17th Mich. Vol. Inf., as private. At the battle of Antietam, September 10, 1862, he was killed and buried upon the battle field. September 10, 1866, Mrs. Colf married George Brown, of Brownstown, Mich. He was born in Ohio September 4, 1843. One child was born to them : John, born July 16, 1873. Address, Exeter.

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History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 108

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