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The following have served this Church as pastor: W. M. Sulli- van, 1836; L. Smith, 1836; Richard Lawrence, 1837; Lewis Smith, 1837; Arthur B. Elliott 1838; Lorenzo Davis, 1838; George Bradley, 1839; Urias Hoyt, 1839; George Bradley, 1840; Alanson Fleming, 1840; Z. C. Brown, 1841; Robert Triggs, 1841; Z. C. Brown, 1842; William Sprague, 1843; Jonathan Hudson, 1844; Harvey Van- arden, 1845; George Taylor, 1846; William P. Judd, 1847; M. W. Stambaugh, 1849; W. E. Bigelow, 1850; J. S. Swart, 1852; Joseph Jennings, 1853-4; Robert Bird, 1855; Orin Whitmore, 1858; J. F. Davidson, 1860; John Levington, 1862; F. W. Warren, 1864 ; M. Hickey, 1867; G. W. Lowe, 1868; Jacob Horton, 1871; W. J. Campbell, 1873; O. Whitmore, 1876; D. R. Shier, 1878.
Lutheran .- Rev. Mr. Wolf organized this parish in 1865, and held regular services here for three years, the services being held a
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portion of the time in the Baptist church. Mr. Wolf was suc- ceeded by Rev. J. Dofler, in 1868. In 1871, a brick edifice was erected at a cost of $5,600. It is capable of seating about 350 persons. Mr. Doffer was succeeded by Rev. Frederick Mueller, who served until succeeded by the present pastor, Rev. K. Lederer, in January, 1878. At present there are about 50 families in the parish and the Church is in good working order.
HOTELS.
In the early day the sight of a public inn, as he traveled slowly along his way, was a blessed sight to the weary traveler. In the vicinity of Saline, in 1826, two public houses were erected, of which mention has already been made. The next was that of Orange Risdon in the village, opened in 1829, and run by him for several years. Other hotels have since followed, among them were, first, the
American House .- This house was erected in 1833, by Smith Lapham, well known to all old settlers, and run by him for a time and then sold to Eben Sprague. From Mr. Sprague the house passed into the hands of Samuel Tripp, who, in 1853, disposed of it to John Kanouse, who ran it until the fall of 1879, a period of 26 years, when it was closed, At this house the greater num- ber of town elections have been held since the organization of the town, The building is a two-story frame 60x55 feet. If the walls of this old house conld speak what tales they could tell.
Saline Exchange .- This is another of the old and old-fashioned public inns, being erected in 1834, by Daniel D. Wallace. It has had in nearly half a century an eventuous career, and been controlled by a number whose names are well known to every visitor to this beautiful village, among whom were A. H. Goodrich, Charles Wallace, Joseph Bickford, James M. French, James Humphrey, J. M. Cutler, Henry Miller, Alfred Miller, Benj. Woodard, Anson Harman, John Warner.
Goodrich House .- This is a new house, kept by an old landlord, who ran the " Exchange" for a number of years-A. H. Goodrich. The house was erected and used for some years by D. S. Hay wood as a private dwelling, but being among the business houses of the village, it was thought best to change it into a hotel. It is well furnished, and is a welcome house to the traveler.
RAILROAD.
The Detroit, Hillsdale & Southwestern railroad was completed to this place in 1870. George W. Hall was the first station and express agent, and has held the position to the present time. The road has been of great convenience to the citizens of the village, and of all the country tributary. It has opened up a market for the productions of the country, enabling farmers and others to
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realize handsomely on many of their investments. The principal shipments from this station are grain and live stock. In 1876 there were 5,000 barrels of apples shipped. The average shipments per year are, of wheat, 500 car loads; oats, 40. The receipts for mer- chandise and other articles of traffic received here amount to $10,- 000 annually. Richard Tuttle is the present telegraph operator at this station.
WOOL.
Among the products of this section which find here a good and steady market, is that of wool, there being from 100,000 to 125,000 pounds annually shipped from this point. This wool brings an average of 35 cents per pound, which is quite an item among the receipts of the farms.
INCORPORATIONS.
At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors for the county of Washtenaw, at their annual session held in the city of Ann Arbor on the 18th day of October, 1866, the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the territory known as the northeast quarter. and the north half of the southeast quarter, and all that part of the northwest quarter lying east of Saline river, of sec. 1, township 4 south of range 5 east in the State of Michigan, be, and the same is, hereby declared an incorporated village by the name of the village of Saline; and that Joslin Forbes, Charles H. Wallace and E. B. Clark be, and they are, hereby appoinetd inspectors of an election to be held at the American Hotel in the village of Saline, on Tuesday, the 27th day of November, A. D. 1866, the said election being the first to be held under this act.
E. B. BOND, Clerk of Board.
By virtue of the foregoing order in incorporating the village, an election was held on Monday, December 10, 1866, for village offi- cers, the result of which is given upon another page of this work.
The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held December 17, 1866. J. F. Draper, George Sherman and J. F. Seeley were appointed a committee on organization, and H. J. Miller, William Rheinfranck and S. D. Van Duzar a committee on by-laws, after which the meeting adjourned until Monday, December 24th, at which time the board again assembled and acted upon the reports of the committees.
Officers were elected annually until 1873, when three of the trustees were elected for two years, and three for one year, since which time three are elected each year to serve for two years. The following names comprise the elective officers from 1866 to 1880, inclusive:
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TRUSTEES.
1866-77.
Charles H. Wallace, President ..
George Sherman.
William Rheinfrank.
James F. Draper ..
Henry J. Miller
Samuel D. Van Duzar.
James F. Seeley
1867-'8.
Charles H. Wallace, President.
George Sherman.
P. M. Eaton.
Eleazer Hall ..
John W. Hull.
Russell Mills
George H. Jewett.
1868-'9.
Charles H. Wallace, President.
H. Bennett. .
Eleazer Hall.
George Sherman
Russell Mills .
George H. Jewett.
George W. Hall.
1870-'1.
Myron Webb, President.
W. H. Davenport ..
John McKinnon, jr.
A. H. Risdon.
William O. Hoyt ..
A. H. Howard.
P. M. Eaton
1872
George W. Hall, President.
Alfred Miller.
Justus Corwin.
Samuel Van Duzar.
Wilson A. Berdan
William Muir
Jacob Sturm ..
1873.
Samuel D. Van Duzar, President.
William Muir.
Levi H. Haynes
Wilson H. Berdan.
William J. Jackson. Stephen O. Gray Justus Corwin.
1874.
Myron Webb, President.
George Sherman.
Albert K. Clark.
Jacob Sturm 1875.
Myron Webb, President.
Lucius S. Pierce. .
Charles Burkhart.
Anson H. Howard.
1876.
James A. Jones, President.
George Sherman.
Paul Snauble.
Adam C. Clark
1877.
James A. Jones, President
Charles Burkhart.
Charles Moore
Eugene Helber
1878.
Myron Webb, President.
Eugene Helber ..
George G. Schairer.
George W. Hall.
Adam C. Clark.
John McKinnon, jr
Albert K. Clark. .
1879.
Myron Webb, President
Eugene Helber ...
George E. Schairer.
Edwin Wallace. 1880
Myron Webb, President.
Adam C. Clark .. . ..
Samuel D. Van Duzar.
Christian Saley
CLERKS.
George W Hall 1866-8
A. M. Clark. . 1869
George W. Hall. 1870-1
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William P. Carson 1872-3
Caleb M. King .. ..
1874-7
William P. Carson
1878-81
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STREET COMMISSIONERS.
Jortin Forbes
1866-7
Anson Harmon. 1873-4
Adna Shaw 1868
Philo Fowler ...
1875
Z. Church. 1869
William J. Jackson
1876-80
William Brainard.
1870-2
Charles Carven.
1881
ASSESSORS.
Myron Webb
1866-8
Gershom B. Gillett 1874
J. Sturms. 1869
Myron Webb.
1875-7
S. H. Haines
1870
Paul Snauble. 1878
Eleazer Hall .. 1871
Edwin D. Webb. 1879-80
George W. Hall. 1872
Wilson H. Berdan
1873
MARSHALS.
Jortin Forbes. 1866-7
Lorenzo Haight ..
1868
Loring C. Edmunds. 1876
William H. Brainard.
1869-72
William H. Brainard. .1877
John H. Bortle. 1873-4
CONSTABLES.
Charles O. Rogers 1878
William Brainard .1880
Thomas Eccles 1879
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W. E. Blackburn. 1881
TREASURERS.
William H. Davenport. .1866-7
Everett B. Clark. 1873-5
Everett B. Clark. 1868
John McKinnon, jr.
1876
G. B. Mason
1869-70
Howard T. Nichols. 1878
Jacob Sturm
1871
Andrew J. Warren. 1879-80
William H. Davenport. 1872
J. G. Gross
1881
The following are the names of the officers elected in March, 1881.
President, Harvey Bennett; Clerk, William P. Carson; Trustees, William D. Simmons, Cornelieus Parsons and George H. Jewett; Treasurer, J. G. Gross; Assessor, A. J. Warren; Street Commissioner, Chas. Carven; Constable, W. E. Blackburn.
SCHOOLS.
The first school within the corporate limits of the village was in 1830. The old system of ungraded schools was in vogue till 1865, when the present graded system was adopted. It has been highly satisfactory generally to the citizens. The following named have served as teachers in the graded schools : 1865 -- D. F. Boughton, Principal; Grace Maltman, Miss M. D. Henry. 1866-D. F. Boughton, Principal; Miss Alice E. Barnes, Miss Emily R. Kerr. 1867-Albert Hardy, Principal, fall term, S. B. Ormsby, winter term; Emily R. Kerr. 1868 -- S. B. Ormsby, Principal, fall term, Martin V. Rork, spring term; Alice E. Barnes, Louisa Cobb, Amy S. Brooks. 1869-M. V. Rork, Principal; Anna L. Rork, Louisa Cobb, Julia A. Talcott, Mary C. Upton. 1870-M. C. Rork, Prin-
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A. J. Warren.
1881
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William H. Brainard. 1875
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cipal; Julia A. Talcott, Anna West, Louisa Cobb, Adelle Humphrey. 1871-M. V. Rork, Principal; Anna West, Mary L. Wheeler, M. Louisa Cobb, Adelle Humphrey, Mary E. Burner, Lennie Scott. 1872-Norman A. Barrett, Principal; Lizzie George, Lennie Scott, M. Louisa Cobb, Cornelia Kerr. 1873-L. A. Park, Principal; Miss E. Kimball, Susan Stevenson, Ida Webb, Minnie Church, Miss Mckinnon. 1874-L. A. Park, Principal; Miss E. Kimball, Susan Stevenson, Minnie Church. 1875-A. G. Gumar, Principal; Ettie S. Boynton, Ella S. Wright, Ida L. Burroughs, Lida J. Wal- lace, Callie I. Brainard. 1876-7-A. G. Gumar, Principal; Ettie L. Boynton, Susie Quackenbush, Ida L. Burroughs, Lida J. Wallace, Callie I. Brainard, Charles Hoyt. 1878-9-James H. Shepherd, Principal; E. A. Brooks, Josie E. Heller, Hattie Cook, Ida L. Webb, Carrie M. Boyce, J. M. Webb. 1880-James H. Shepherd, Principal; Miss E. Kimball, Josie E. Heller, Hattie Cook, Ida Webb, Anna M. Webb.
The Union School building was erected in 1868, at a cost of $25,000. It is a three-story building, with basement, has five school- rooms, and one room each for chapel, literary, museum, laboratory, drawing, philosophical and dining.
SOCIETIES.
There are three benevolent societies in the village-Masonic, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Honor.
Saline Lodge No. 133, A. F. & A. M .- This lodge was organ- ized March 21, 1861, with the following as its first officers and charter members: Everett B. Clark, W. M .; T. W. Lee, S. W .; A. H. Risdon, J. W .; E. D. Wallace, Sec .; D. Kellogg, Treas .; A. Miller, S. D .; G. M. Brown, J. D .; J. A. Rosabeck, Tyler. The lodge has had a steady growth, and now has a membership of 65, with the following named officers: J. Mckinnon, Jr., W. M .; E. R. Aldrich, S. W .; D. P. Mclachlan, J. W .; A. J. Warren, Sec .; C. J. Sturm, Treas .; G. W. Hall, S. D .; L. M. Thorn, J. D .; C. N. How, Tyler.
Saline Lodge, No. 272, I. O. O. F., was organized Jan. 20, 1876, with the following named charter members, who were elected to the office specified : J. G. Schairer, N. G .; William Lamb, V. G .; N. A. Waugh, R. Sec .; John Easterly, Per. Sec .; John Fowler, Treas .; M. E. Easterly, Warden; A. C. Cole, I. G .; Oscar Fulker- son, O. G. The membership of the lodge is 13. The following named were elected and installed January, 1881: R. H. Marsh, N. G .; William H. Smith, V. G .; A. C. Cole, R. Sec .; John Easterly, Per. Sec,; H. Cole, Treas .; John G. Schairer, Warden, Oscar Fulk- erson, O. G .; John Scwalm, I. G.
Knights of Honor, No. 688, was organized April 10, 1877, by Daniel Thompson, of Ypsilanti, with ten charter members. It now numbers 30, with the following officers: A. Miller, P. D .; George W. Hall, D .; George H. Cobb, Vice D .; B. P. Davenport,
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Ass't D .; G. B. Mason, F. R .; O. L. Robinson, R .; William Smith, G .; William Schaffer, Guardian; John McKennon, S .; Jacob Sturnn, C .; Charles Burkhart.
POSTOFFICE.
The postoffice was established in 1830, with Orange Risdon, as postmaster. Mr. Risdon served until 1840, being succeeded in turn by the following named: E. S. Northrup, Dr. E. Hall, Mial Mason, A. H. Risdon and G. B. Mason. It was made a money order office July 31, 1871 the first order being drawn by Joseph A. Humphrey in favor of Solon McElroy, of Detroit, for $19.07. For the year 1878 there were 1,347 orders drawn for $21,325.29.
CHOLERA.
Among the impressions received by the early settlers, none could be more lasting than the dread scourge of cholera that visited the village and vicinity in 1834. A number were attacked, seven of whom died with the disease-Stephen and Ashfield Stowe being well remembered cases.
BANK.
A flourishing village like Saline, without its bank experience, would be like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet omitted. During the days of the wild-cat currency, in 1836, Abel Goddard & Co., started here a bank of issue, and nearly the whole community con- ceived the idea they were to grow suddenly rich. It ran about two years and suddenly collapsed like hundreds of others through- out the West. A bill of this bank is yet possessed by the post- master of Saline. It is signed by S. Finch, President, and W. Cunnutt, Cashier.
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
In the following pages are given the biographical sketches of pioneer and leading citizens of the township. This very impor- tant section of the work has been fully treated; so that the history of Saline may be said to be complete in every respect.
Harvey Bennett, Saline, was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Nov. 13, 1825. His pa- rents, Peleg and Sarah (Finch) Bennett, natives of Columbia Co., N. Y., came to this county in May, 1835, settling in Saline township, where Harvey was reared to manhood. His education training was obtained in the "frontier school- houses " of that time. Mr Bennett, sr., died Dec. 14, 1861, at the age of 81 years, 11 months, and his companion through life followed him on March 29, 1863. The subject of this sketch was married on Christmas, in 1853, to Mary C. Riggs, born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 25, 1833, and daughter of Eli and Mary Riggs, na- tives of Herkimer Co., N. Y. In her early life her parents removed to Orleans Co., N. Y., where they lived till 1831, and then came to this county. To this union one child was given-Celia E., born Sept. 2, 1855, and in Feb .. 1875, she married Si-
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las Briggs, and they now reside in Tuscola Co., Mich. Mr. Bennett and wife are members of the M. E. Church. Politically Mr. Bennett is a Republican, and served that party as J. P. for 4 years. He owns 20 acres of land in Saline village, valued at $200 per acre, and also 125 acres in sec. 12. His grandfather, Dobson Bennett, was a Revolutionary soldier under Gen. Washington, and endured with the Continental army the hardships of Valley Forge, and participated in the bat- tle of White Plains.
William W. Biddle, farmer, Saline tp., was born in Northumberland county, Pa., Jan. 24, 1840, and is the son of Israel (deceased) and Mary Biddle, natives of Pennsylvania. When two years of age his parents removed to this county, and settled on sec. 32, Saline tp. Here William was reared to manhood, and edu- cated in the district schools. Dec. 29, 1875, he married Sarah L. Camburn, born in Saline tp., June 20, 1851. To this alliance 2 children have been sent-Mar- garet A., born Dec. 18, 1876, and Charles O., born July 31, 1879. Mrs. Biddle's father was born in 1816. His mother is still living on the old homestead, aged 66. Mr. B. owns a farm on sec. 32.
Charles C. Bliss (deceased) was born May 22, 1826, and was the son of John V. and Melissa Bliss, old pioneers of this county. Mr. B. passed his early youth and manhood on a farm, and in winter attended the public schools to receive the education needful to the hard-handed farmer boy. He was married Feb. 27, 1856, to Marietta Smith, born in this county, Oct. 14, 1828, and daughter of James M. and Elizabeth Smith, natives of Orange and Delaware counties, N. Y. They emigrated West and settled in this county in 1835, where the former died Oct. 2, 1853. Three children were sent to make glad the hearts of this happy couple- Otto, Melvin J. and Lula. Mr. Bliss had been a faithful member of the Baptist Church at Saline for 22 years, and on March 7, 1880, he was called to partake ot that reward prepared for those who have walked in " the straight and narrow path," and have borne the cross in a way befitting the Christian man or woman. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and also assisted in building the Schuyler Mills, of Saline. Mr. B.'s mother was born in Delaware connty, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1816, and is still living.
Augustus Bond, farmer, was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., March 7, 1821. His parents were Samuel and Sarah Bond. The former was born in Worcester, Mass., April, 1784, and died Dec. 11, 1859. The latter was a native of the same county, born in 1783, and died Sept. 3, 1843. They removed to Washtenaw Co. in Nov., 1836. This country was then almost a forest, and the subject of this sketch was reared amid the wilds of this dense and scarcely habitable region He received only a limited education, and this in an old log school-house, with slab benches for seats, and in the evenings at home, before a huge fire-place. He afterward taught school for a number of years in Saline tp. He was married Dec. 22, 1860, to Hattie M. Taylor, and two children were born to them-Leila and Alban T. Mrs. B. is a daughter of Elbridge G. and Nancy Taylor, and was born in Erie Co., N. Y,, Jan. 31. 1832. Mr. Bond's grandfather was a teamster in the Revolutionary war. Mr. B. has filled several local offices, and represented Sa- line tp. as Supervisor for 4 years, and was elected Justice of the Peace, but was never qualified. Both husband and wife are faithful members of the Presbyte- rian Church of Saline, and he is a member of the Pioneer Society and a Republi- can. He owns 180 acres of land on sections 21 and 28, all of which, except 15 acres, is under a high state of cultivation, and valued at $60 per acre.
Jonas Bond, farmer, was born in Berkshire county, Mass., Jan. 5, 1810, and is the son of Samuel and Polly Bond, natives of Worcester county, Mass. In 1823 Mr. B. removed with his parents to Onondaga county, N. Y., where he was reared and educated. In October, 1835, he came with his father to this county, and pur- chased land, the subject of this sketch also entering 120 acres in Hillsdale county His father returned to New York, and in December, 1836, removed with his family to this county. Mr. B. was married Jan. 5, 1843, to Nancy Donaldson, but she died in January, 1856. Mr. Bond again married-this time Julia Hickox, and 1 child was sent to them-Alfred, born Feb. 3, 1862. Death once more robbed him of his companion, and in March, 1866, he married Elizabeth Whitmore. Their 2 children are Nannie and Jony. Mr. Bond's father was born Ang. 25, 1784, died Oct.11, 1859. His mother was born Dec. 3, 1780, and died Oct. 17, 1813. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. B. is a mem- ber of the Baptist Church at Saline, and politically, is a Republican. He owns a farm of 135 acres on sec. 13, valued at $80 per acre. He well remembers the war
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troubles of 1812-'15, living at the time at Pittsfield, Mass., where the soldiers' barracks were located.
John F. Buck, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1822, and is the son of John S. and Marcia C. (Baker) Buck, and in early days they removed to Livingston county, N. Y., where John was reared and educated. He was educated in a "log skule-house " with slab seats, stick chimney and a monstrous fire-place. In 1844 he came to Van Buren county, Mich., and entered 160 acres of land, and two years later his parents came. Mr. B. was formerly a tailor and worked at his trade in Brook Grove, N. Y., for seven years. In 1863 he removed to this county, where he has since lived, and has engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married April 12, 1848, to Mary Howell, born in Seneca county, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1824, and daughter of David and Nancy (Mc- Cord) Howell. They have 3 children-Charles R., Abbie A. and Frank E. Mr. Buck owns 157 acres of land on secs. 27 and 28, valued at $60 per acre. In politics he is a Democrat. His paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolu. tionary war under General Washington.
Charles Burkhart, of the firm of Burkhart & Aldrich, Saline, was born in Ober- aclien, Wurtemberg, Germany, Aug. 10, 1837, and is a son of Frederick and Chris- tiana K. Burkhart, who emigrated to America in August, 1847. They came to. Washtenaw county and settled in Freedom tp., where Charles passed five years,. and in 1852 engaged as clerk in the store of Draper and Humphrey. He remained with them two years, then went into the house of D. S. Haywood, remaining there one year, then worked for William H. Pattison till 1859, afterward opened in busi- ness for himself. In 1862 he took E. R. Aldrich in partnership, and they have since operated a general store. In 1861 he married Maria L. Case, a native of this county, and daughter of Homer and Maria L. Case, natives of New York, and early pioneers of this county. They have 5 children of whom 3 are living-George G., Minnie A and Charles F. Mrs. B. died in August, 1868. He again married in 1872 to Ada Beehler, a native of this county. This union was blessed with 3 chil- dren-Kadie C., Louisa. and Frederick.
Rev. George C. Bush, Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Saline, was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 4 1815. His parents, David and Laura A. Bush, were natives of Pittsfield, Mass. They located in Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1809, and in 1825 removed to Rochester, where George C. was reared to manhood. He received his early edu- cation in the Rochester schools, and then entered Princeton College, New Jersey, in 1829, and in the Theological Seminary at the same place in 1842. He was or- dained to preach in 1844. His parents removed to Shiawassee Co., Mich., about the year 1838 In 1842-'3 he officiated as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in that county. He then returned to New York, and from 1844 to 1848, he preached at Plattsburgh and Plumpstead. His next field of labor was Ambogy, where he stayed for two years. From 1851 to 1861 he ministered to the spiritual wants of the congregation at Stewartville, N. J., where he remained five years. His next residence was at Newton, Banks Co., Pa., from 1866 to 1876; thence to Edin- burgh, Erie Co., Pa., where he preached till 1878. In this latter year he removed to Detroit, and subsequently to Saline. He was married Oct. 9, 1851, to Mary Provost, born in Cornwall, N. J., Aug. 14, 1826, and daughter of Jonathan and Mary P. Provost. To this alliance 4 children were born, 3 of whom are living-George P., born June 25, 1853, who married Jennie Mickle, of Merchantville, N. J .; Mary C., born Dec. 13, 1854; Charles M., born May 17, 1858. David C., deceased. was born Aug. 27, 1856, and died April 27, 1857. Mr. B.'s father served as a soldier in the war of 1812. He died Aug. 24, 1860, aged 76 years, and June, 1862, his com- panion followed him, being the same age at the time of her death.
William C. Camburn, farmer, Saline tp., was born in Monmouth Co., now Ocean Co., N. J., Feb. 13, 1811. His parents were Hebron and Lovina Camburn, the former a native of New Jersey, and the latter of Philadelphia, Pa. William's father was a seaman and was engaged in that business for 20 years. When W. C. was 16 years old, he engaged in the merchant service on the sea, which he followed for 6 years, then in 1833 came to this county. He remained here but a short time, and returning home again, engaged in his former occupation. He traveled the seas for two years, and in 1836 came again West with his parents and settled in Lenawee Co., near the Washtenaw line. He lived in this place 11 years, then removed to Saline tp., this county. His father died in 1850, aged 71, and his mother in 1870, aged 80. In 1838 Mr. C. married Rachel Harriott, by whom 4 children were born to him, 2 of whom are living - Sarah L., wife of
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HISTORY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY.
William M. Biddle, and Helen. Annette and Charles O., are deceased, the latter dying in 1878, aged 38. Mr. Camburn's grandfather, on his father's side, served in the land department of the Revolutionary war, and his maternal grandfather served in the navy department of that memorable conflict; was imprisoned in the English prison-ship Jersey, and then taken to Fortune prison, London, and subsequently released. He re-enlisted and served till the close of the war. Mr. C. is a member of the M. E. Church, a Republican, and owns a good farm of 90 acres on sec. 30.
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