History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 117

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

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JOHN S. SCHASBERGER, a farmer living in Raisinville, goes to Monroe for his mail. He was born in this county, Jan. 10, 1848, on the farm of his father, Jasper, and Ang. 16, 1874, was married to Catherine Leipert, and has six children, all living at home.

KATHERINE SEITZ was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, July 27, 1839, and emigrated to this county in 1865, settling in Raisinville. She is the danghter of Balthes and Barbara (Roessler) Goetz, and the widow of Peter, son of Peter and Elizabeth Seitz. She has six children, four boys and two girls living at home, and one girl dead. Mr. Seitz died July 27, 1881, of inflammation of the bowels. She is a mem- ber of the Lutheran church.

HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

GEORGE SHAFER, a farmer of Raisinville, was born in Germany, April 9, 1823; came to America in 1849, went to California in 1851 during the gold ex- citement, and returned and settled in this county in 1855. He was married to Catherine Strack, in Novem- ber, 1855; she was born in Germany, Sept. 26, 1830. Their children are William, George, John, Emma, Fred, Katie, Henry and Charles. He was drafted in Co. I, 9th Mich. Inf., Oct. 5, 1864, and was mustered out June 20, 1865. Has been elder of the German Reformed church, of Ida, for six years.

HENRY WEIPERT, a farmer of Raisinville, was born in Germany, Oct. 10, 1845; came to America in 1853, and settled in this county. Jan. 18, 1872, he was married to Mary Leahr; she is a native of this county, the date of her birth June 25, 1852. Their children are: Henry, born April 25, 1873; William, born June 9, 1875; Katie, born July 19, 1877; Carrie, born Nov. 24, 1882; Urban, born March 16, 1886. He has always been a farmer.

JOHN L. ZIMMERMAN, postmaster of Stras- burgh, Raisinville township, was born in West- moreland county, Pa., Feb. 24, 1827, and settled in this county in 1865. He was married to Alice Smith, Oct. 4, 1860; she was born in Westmoreland, Pa., Sept. 19, 1839. His business is farming; has been postmaster five years.

SUMMERFIELD TOWNSHIP.

WILLIAM ARNOLD was born in Perry county, Pa., in 1825; came to this county in 1852, locating about six miles south of Monroe, and remained there about four years. In 1856 he made Petersburgh his per- manent home. He is by trade a carpenter and joiner, and in pursuit of his vocation has had the superin- tendence in constructing many of the finest buildings of the locality, and among them the present beauti- ful high school building of Petersburgh, which shows his skill as a master mechanic.

SAMUEL W. BEVERLY was born at sea in 1816. His early life was spent in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His father was a seaman, but left the ocean and removed with his family to Kentucky, and from that State Samuel went to Ogdensburg, N. Y., and from thence, in 1836, came to Cleveland, O., where he engaged as a contractor on the Cleve- land, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, and built the first mile of that road west of the Cuyahoga River. He has been twice married, first to Mary Garrison, by whom he had eight children; and next to Mary Phillips, by whom he has seven chil- dren. He came to Summerfield from Lenawee Co. in 1884, and purchased the farm of 130 acres on which he now resides.

JOHN E. BISHOP, the son of Nehemiah and Keziah Bishop, is a native of the State of New York, his birthplace being in Saratoga county, and 1842 the date. His parents removed to Michigan in the year 1855, the family locating on land which is now part of the town of Dundee. The subject of this sketch settled in this township in the year 1882. Mary C. Noble, of this township, is MI. Bishop's wife, and they are the parents of two children. The father of Mr. Bishop is still residing with his son at the ad- vanced age of 83. Postoffice, Dundee.

IRA D. BOARDMAN, proprietor and editor of the Petersburglı Bulletin, is the son of George M. and Lavina (Osborne) Boardman, and was born in Or- leans county, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1848, coming to Michi- gan with his parents in 1849. He enlisted as a private in Co. M, Sth Mich. Cav., in August, 1864. He was married at Hillsdale Feb. 22, 1871, to Deborah Ann, daughter of Francis and Catherine (Decker) McCarty, whose children are : Edith I., born June 30, 1872; Viola E., Sept. 19, 1881, and Ira D., jr., July 4, 1885, Willis N., June 25, 1889. In the spring of 1861

he came to Petersburgh, and May 1, 1880, published the first number of the Bulletin. In 1880 he joined Patrick Lodge, No. 157, and Kilwining Encampment, No. 52, I.O.O.F. In 1882 he joined Blanchard Lodge, No. 102, F. &. A. M. In politics he has always been a Republican, and has served seven years on the school board, several years as director, and as trustee and recorder in the village.

GEORGE M. BOECKLER, better known in Peters- burgh as " Uncle George," was born March 19, 1807, in Windspach, Province of Bavaria, Germany. He was the oldest of five children, his parents being Leonhardt and Maria ( Woerline) Boeckler. He came to Monroe county in October, 1837, and purchased a forty-acre farm about five miles west of LaSalle, and leaving his family with Ludwig Knapp put up a log house, into which he moved Jan. 1, 1838. He has been married four times. In Germany to Marie Kurtz in 1831, who is the mother of all his children : John Martin, born Dec. 19, 1832; Margaret Barbara, March 14, 1834; John Philip, Oct. 25, 1835, and Henry, Dec. 8, 1837. Marie died July 1, 1840, and he worked at his trade as a tailor in Monroe until he moved to Petersburgh in 1844. In July, 1842, he married Catherine Strable, with whom he lived until her death, Jan. 1, 1875. In April, 1875, he married Barbara Koetzle, and on her death in January, 1882, he married his present wife, Magdelena Yackey, April 8, 1882. He is a Presbyterian, and at the in- corporation of Petersburgh was trustee for three years.

WILLIAM H. BRACKETT was born at Lynn, Mass., in 1841. In 1857 he went to Rutland county, Vt. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. C, 10th Vt. Inf., and served three years; was at the battles of the Wilderness, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and others; was discharged at Washington, D. C., in 1865, and returnd to Rut- land county, Vt. There he was married to Ellen L. Chittenden, of Rutland county, Vt. They have two children. He came to this county in 1871, and pur- chased 80 acres of land of H. B. Chittenden about one mile north of Petersburgh, in Summerfield, where he now resides.

ABRAHAM BRENINGSTALL, of Summerfield township, was born in Niagara county, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1838. In 1840, with his parents, he came to Dundee township. In 1862 he settled in Summerfield town- ship. He enlisted in the 1st Mich. Engineer and Mechanic Regiment, Co. F, July 1, 1863, and was mustered out Sept. 22, 1865. He is a member of Morgan Parker Post, No. 281. He was married Nov. 22, 1861, to Amelia Richland, who died in 1872. His present wife is Phila Ludrick, whom he married in 1878. Their children are: Mary E., born Nov. 12, 1872 ; Harriet, born May 19, 1882, and Benjamin, born Nov. 4, 1884. Mr. Breningstall is a farmer. His post- office address is Petersburgh.

HORACE BRENINGSTALL, of Petersburgh, Sum- merfield township, a broom-handle manufacturer, was born in Dundee July 18, 1843. His parents were Seth and Lucy (Hobart) Breningstall. Horace re- mained in Dundee until 1852, when he came to Raisinville township, where he remained until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. He enlist- ed May 20, 1861, in Co. A, 4th Mich. Inf., as corporal, remaining with the regiment until it was mustered out of service June 30, 1864. He re-enlisted March 21, 1865, in Co. I, 5th U. S. Vet. Vol., as private, and was mustered out March 21, 1866. Through exposure he contracted rheumatism; he participated in the battles of New Bridge, Hanover Court House, Me- chanicsville, Gaines Mill, Savage's Station, Antulaus, White Oak Swamp, Gainesville, second Bull Run, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilder- ness, Spottsylvania and several other engagements. He is a member of Morgan Parker Post, No. 281,

PERSONAL HISTORIES.

G. A. R., of which he is commander. Ile was mar-

ried July 11, 1868, to Elizabeth Main. Three chil- dren were born to them : Reuben, born March 31, 1869; Susan A., born Nov. 18, 1873, and Phila Addie, born March 14, 1880. He is a Republican in politics, and has held several township offices and postmaster. He is also a member of the Masonie Order.

PETER BURDENAN was born in Summerfield township in the year 1845. During the war of the Rebellion he gave his country service, enlisting in 1864, in Co. G, of the 17th Mich. Inf. He participat- ed in the battles of Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, North Anna River and several others. Ilis postoffice address is Petersburgh, Monroe county, Mich.

HARLOW CAMBURN, who died Nov. 21, 1880, was a resident of Petersburgh from 1863 to the time of his death. He was born at Lockport, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1821. He married June 17, 1855, Emeline Tracy, who was born in Connecticut July 17, 1833, and who still resides at Petersburgh. They had the following children : Frank H., born Aug. 7, 1856; Edwin C , born Oct. 25, 1858; Emma J., born Jan. 13, 1860. Mrs. Camburn's father, William F. Tracy, was born in Conneetient Dee. 3, 1803, and is now living with her. Mr. Camburn, at the time of his death, was serving as justice of the peace. He was a member of the M. E. church.

ERNEST FREDERICK COOK was born in Baden, Germany, in 1832. He came to this country in 1857, and settled in Lenawee county, Mich., and enlisted there in 1861 in Co. B, 2d Mich. Inf., and served to September, 1863; discharged at Fortress Monroe, Va .; was in 15 battles, among which were Antietam, Fred- ericksburg, Ist and 2d Bull Run, at the last of which he received a shoek from a shell, from the effects of which he never recovered. He returned to Lenawee county, and there married Miss Alice Burnor. They have had eight children, seven now living. He came to Summerfield in 1884, and purchased the farm of 15 aeres on which he now resides. He is a member of Rider Post, No. 12; he is also a member of Tracy Lodge, No. 167, F. & A. M., of Deerfield, and has at- tained the degree of Knight Templar.

JOHN CRONOWERT was born in Monroe, Mich., in 1839. His parents were Michael and Phoebe Cro- nowert. He married Miss Janet Sweeney, of Mon- roe, by whom he has four children living and one deceased. He came to Summerfield in 1871, and purchased the farm of 80 aeres on which he now resides.

MYRON B. DAVIS was born in Rush, Monroe county, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1823, and with his parents, Ethan and Alice M. (Case) Davis, moved from there to Monroe county in 1835, settling near Dundee. March 5, 1845, he married Mary T., daughter of Justus and Lura (Bushnell) Tremain. Their children are : Lucins B., born Feb. 9, 1847; Myron A., May 23, 1852; Lura M., June 29, 1862, died May 12, 1874. Mr. Davis was always an active member of the Pres- byterian church, he being the second elder elected on its organization in Petersburgh. For many years was superintendent of the Sunday-school, trustee in church 30 years, and treasurer for several years. Among the offices he has held township elerk for nearly two years, member of village couneil one or two years, and treasurer about the same length of time. For a number of years he was actively engaged in business in Petersburgh, and through his means the first steam grist mill was built in 1883. He died April 9, 1889.

AARON DILLENBACK was born in the town of Stark, Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1824. His parents were Isaac and Nancy Dillenbaek, who removed to Steuben county, N. Y., in 1841, and settled in the town of Wheeler, and died there, Mrs. D. in 1869 and the husband in ISS1. With the exception of four

years in Ohio Aaron remained in Wheeler until 1866, when he came to Monroe county, Mich., and pur- chased the farm of 25 acres in the town of Sum- merfield to which he removed his family in 1867, and has made this his home to the present time. He married Miss Olive Kelley, of Reedtown, Seneca county, Ohio, formerly of Wheeler, N. Y. They have one daughter, Miss Lillie F. Dillenback.

CORNELIUS DINGMAN was born in the Mo- hawk Valley near Canajoharie, in 1811. The family located at Arcadia, N. Y., about the year 1821; from there Cornelius located at Rochester, N. Y., and here married Sarah Ann Worden, of Avon, Livingston county, N. Y., and has three children now living. In 1830 Mr. D. came to Monroe county, Mich., and set- tled in Dundee township. By trade a carpenter, but has followed various other occupations. For twelve years he was postmaster in the town of Exeter, and served there also as a magistrate for thirteen years. He came to Summerfield about the year 1872, and purchased the home lot of twelve acres where he now resides. His wife died in 1874.

JOHN H. DUNBAR was born in Cortland county, N. Y., in 1833. He came to Michigan in 1861 and lo- cated in Lenawee county, and enlisted in 1862 in Co. F, 26th Mieh. Inf., and served till the close of the war; discharged at Jackson, Mich., in 1865. He married Adelia Gillman, of Tecumseh; they have had four children, of whom but one is now living. He came to Summerfield in 1873 and remained there for a time, then returned to Lenawee county, and in 1883 again located in Summerfield and purchased the farm of 40 acres on which he now resides.

N. CURTIS DUNHAM is a native of the town of Dundee, in this county, where he was born in the year 1848. He settled in the township of Summer- field in the year 1856. Miss Delia Ellis, of this township, became the wife of Mr. Dunham, and they are the parents of three children. Petersburgh, Monroe county, Mich., is the office where Mr. Dun- ham receives his mail.

ISAAC FAUNCE was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1846. Enlisted in 1861 in Co. I, 6th Ohio Cav., and served to the close of the war; was dis- charged at Petersburg, Va., in 1865; was at the bat- tles of Antietam, Wilderness, Gettysburg, 2d Bull Run, and others. In 1866 Mr. Faunce located in Allen county, Ohio, and there married Miss Nancy Clark, of Allen county, by whom he has two children now living. His wife died in 1870, and in 1871 he was again joined in marriage with Miss Alcinda Bacon, of Trumbull connty, Ohio. They have four children living. In 1873 Mr. Faunee came to Monroe county, Mich., and purchased 80 acres of unimproved land. Ile has now 100 acres of land under cultivation, with fine residence and good ont-buildings. He is a mem- ber of Morgan Parker Post, No. 281, G. A. R.

JOHN W. FILLMORE, a son of Calvin T. and Maranda Fillmore, and a nephew of ex-President Millard Fillmore, was born in Washtenaw county, Mich., in 1837. He enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. D, 20th Reg. Mich. Vol. Inf., and was discharged at De- troit, Mich., in 1863, having served over one year. He was in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain and Fredericksburg. He came to the town of Sum- merfield in 1868, and soon after purchased the farm of 66 acres on which he now resides. He was mar- ried in 1865 to Mrs. Margaret Fillmore, reliet of Clar- enee Fillmore, of Washtenaw county, Mich. They have four children. He was chosen as a magistrate in 1881, and held the office four years. He is a mem- ber of Morgan Parker Post, No. 281. His parents located in Washtenaw county, from Buffalo, N. Y., in 1835, and lived there through life.

JAMES H. GAGE was born in Cicero, Onondaga county, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1820. When but a lad he

HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY, MICHIGAN.

with his grandparents went to Auburn, N. Y., where he attended school with a view of becoming a civil engineer, but defective eye-sight compelled him to abandon the project. In 1841 he moved to Romulus, Seneca county, New York, and May 1, 1844, was married to Lettice, youngest daughter of Robert Fleming. He engaged in farming and school teach- ing until the spring of 1861, when he moved to Michigan with his wife and children, Henry F., born June 1, 1845, Robert L., born Nov. 12, 1849, and Dora E., born Jan. 21, 1859, settling in Petersburgh in May, 1863, taking an active social and business course. He was the pioneer druggist from 1865 to 1869, during which time he was postmaster. In partnership with his son he started the Petersburgh Avalanche, June,'71. In 1870 he was elected township clerk, which he held two terms; coroner in 1872 and justice of the peace in 1873, to which he has been re-elected each term since. In politics he is a Republican; in religion a member of the Presbyterian church, in which he is an elder.

EDWIN ALGERNON GILBERT, the proprietor of the Petersburgh Journal, is the son of Peter H. and Harriet E. (Jenkins) Gilbert, being born January 27, 1862 in Tekonsha, Calhoun county, Mich. He served his time as a printer in the Enterprise office at Gales burg. In 1887 he moved to Petersburgh and pur- chased the Journal. May 27, 18SS, he married Carrie E. Hafer, then living with her sister, Mrs. Theodore Cook, in Eckford township, near Homer, Mich., who died April 25, 1889, was buried in the cemetery at Homer. She left one son born April 7, 1889. Ed- win is the youngest of four brothers, and contrary to the traditional custom of his craft is a total ab- stainer, and since 1881 has been an active member of the Good Templars, and although only thirteen are with him, is a strong Prohibitionist. While in Bur- lington he united with the Free Baptist church, with which faith he still holds communion.

CLINTON S. GILLETT is a native of this town- ship, his birth taking place in the year 1843. He is the owner of a beautiful farm of 40 acres. His wife's maiden name was Nancy Gould, a native of Lenawee county, Mich. They were married in the year 1876, and are the parents of one child. Mr. Gillett's post- office address is Dundee, Michigan.

WILBUR GREENFIELD was born in Steuben county, N. Y., in 1839. His parents were James and Mary Greenfield, who removed to Huron county, O., in 1840, and in 1852 came to Lenawee county, Mich., and settled in the town of Macon. Wilbur enlisted in 1862 in Co. E, 18th Mich. Int., and served to the close of the war, being discharged at Jackson, Mich., in 1865. He was at the battles of Athens and Deca- tur, Ala., and the siege of Nashville. He received a gunshot wound at Decatur, from the effects of which he lost the sight of his right eye. He was married in January, 1866, to Miss Jane Olds, of Macon, Lenawee county, Mich., by whom he has four children.

WILLIAM H. HEATH, justice of the peace of Petersburgh, was born in England Dec. 21, 1822, and came to America in 1839. He settled in Petersburgh in 1843. He was married to Esther Breningstall. Their children who are now living are: Ansel V., born March 4, 1857; George T., born Feb. 12, 1854, and Edwin E., born March 7, 1856. Mr. Heath is a shoemaker by trade. He has held the office of con- stable, village treasurer, clerk, postmaster and justice of the peace. He is a member of the M. E. church ; postoffice address, Petersburgh.

JOHN E. HOLCOMB, a prosperous farmer of Sum- merfield, is a native of the town of Canaan, Litchfield county, Conn., 1837 the year of his birth. He came west at the age of 20 years in the year 1857, and set- tled in Lucas county, O., where he was married to Miss Eliza French, of Sylvania. He came to this

township in the year 1884. Petersburgh, Monroe Co., Mich., is his postoffice address.

EMANUEL S. LAUER, a native of Monroe City and the present representative of the leading dry goods house in the village of Petersburgh, was born in Monroe in 1850. His parents were Sebastian and Phil- opena Lauer. He came to Petersburgh in February, 1887, and engaged in the dry goods business, in which his success is manifest by his large and increasing trade.

JOHN LONG, son of Morris and Hannah Long, was born in Franklin county, N. Y., in 1836, and came with his father's family to Lenawee county, Mich., in 1855, where the family made a permanent settle- ment in the town of Dover. John was married on the 25th day of October, 1858, to Miss Temperance A. Cleveland, daughter of Jonas and Sarah Cleve- land, of Dover, Mich., by whom he has three sons. He came to Monroe county in 1877, locating at Terry- ville, in Summerfield, and remained there about five years, then purchased a mill at Deerfield, and re- mained until 1883, then purchased 107 acres of land in Summerfield, where he now resides. He served as commissioner of highways in Lenawee county two years. He is a member of Tracy Lodge, No. 167, F. & A. M., of Deerfield.

JACOB W. McCARTY, son of Francis and Cath- erine McCarty, was born in the town of Phelps, On- tario county, N. Y., in 1840, locating in Petersburgh, this county, in 1861. He enlisted in 1864 in Co. K, 6th Mich. H. Art .; was at the siege of Spanish Fort and Tracy, Ala .; was discharged Aug. 20, 1865, and returned to Petersburgh. Was married in 1866 to Miss Helen E. Hill, of Petersburgh; they have five chil- dren. Wasappointed constable in and for the town of Summerfield in 1871, and in 1876 deputy sheriff, both of which offices he has held successively to the pres- ent time.

CHAUNCEY B. MEAD, blacksmith of Petersburgh, Summerfield township, was born in New York State April 23, 1819. In 1835 he came to Monroe City, where he remained two years, then came to Peters- burgh, where he has resided ever since. He mar- ried Sept. 27, 1842, Elizabeth Ramsey, of Detroit, who was born May 17, 1822. Their children have been as follows : Catherine, born Nov. 1, 1844, died in infancy; Chauncey A., born Jan. 10, 1846; Philip J., born Jan. 14, 1848; George E., born March 13, 1850; Maria E., born Feb. 12, 1855; Charles E., born Oct. 11, 1857; Caroline, born Feb. 27, 1861, died March 7, 1862. Mrs. Mead died April 26, 1874. George E. married Victoria E. Trombley Feb. 6, 1878, who was born in Petersburgh Aug. 27, 1848. Their children have been : Mabel C., born July 11, 1879, died May 27, 1882; Margaret S., born Aug. S, 1881; Mary E., born Jan. 28, 1883; Chauncey L., born Nov. 7, 1886, died in infancy.

JOHN MILLER was born near the city of Wooster, Wayne county, O., Aug. 25, 1825. In 1831 the family removed to Huron county, O., and in 1836 to Wood county. These moves were made by his parents, Michael and Nancy Miller. In 1847 John came to Monroe county, Mich., and located at Vienna, and en- gaged in blacksmithing, remaining there until 1849, then went to Lambertville. In 1866 he located at Petersburgh, in Summerfield township, working at his trade until 1870, then purchased and removed to the farm of 75 acres where he now resides. He en- listed July 17, 1862, in Co. K, 18th Mich. V. I., and served to the close of the war as a musician. He was married in 1846 to Harriet E. Kirk, of Wayne county, Mich., by whom he had five children, all now de- ceased. His wife died in 1887. He was chosen magistrate in 1884, and now holds that office. He is a member of Morgan Parker Post, No. 281, G. A. R.

PERSONAL HISTORIES.

HENRY MOORE, who died - was a resident of Monroe county from 1858 until the time of his death, and engaged in farming. He was born on the Isle of Man, England, in 1824, and came to America in 1849, settling in Dundee township in IS58. He was married to Anna Waterson Jan. 7, 1854, who was also born in England Jan. 7, 1834, and who now resides on her deceased husband's farm. Eleven children were born to them, of whom nine are now living, born as follows: - Eleanor. Dec. 26, 1854; Louisa, Feb. 25, 1856 ; Eliza, Aug. 13, 1857; William, Nov. 13, 1861; Melissa, July 28, 1864; John, Oct. 25, 1865; Thomas, Feb. 7, 1868; Robert, Jan. 7, 1871; Irwin, May 5, 1873, and Ilarry, April 5, 1874. Mrs. Moore is a member of the M. E. church. Postoffice address, Petersburgh.

CALVIN PALMER, a farmer of Summerfield town- ship, was born in the State of Pennsylvania Oct. 22, 1825. He afterwards removed to New York State, and lived there 50 years. In 1883 he came to Peters- burgh. He enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, in Co. D, of the 97th Regt., N. Y. V. I., and served with the regiment in all its engagements until the battle of the Wilder- ness, when he was severely wounded in the hip, knee and hand, incapacitating him for active service. His father, James Palmer, was born in New York State in 1800. Calvin was the oldest child in a family of seven children. He married Eunice Green March 1, 1857. Their children are: William, born Nov. 4, 185 -; Eliza, born April 2, 1860, and Eleanor, born Aug. 1, 1865. His postoffice address is Petersburgh.

JOHN PETERS was born in Harpersfield, Dela- ware county, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1823, and with his par- ents, Richard and Polly ( Wilcox) Peters, came to Petersburghı in 1824. He took the gold fever and in 1852 went to California and entered into mining and speenlating, returning to Petersburgh in 1862. He was married March S, 1864, to Ellen M., danghter of Calvin and Mary A. (Bruce) Burnham. She died Ang. 6, 1876, leaving him the father of three children: Francis, born Jan. S, 1865, died July 5, 1882; Mary A., born March 23, 1866, and Ellen L., Dee. 17, 1875. Like the rest of his family, he has been a lifelong Republican, and though never taking any active part in the councils of his party, at the incorporation of the village was elected trustee, which he held for three years, and in 1873 village president, to which he was re-elected for three terms.

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History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 117

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