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Mrs. Ann Kayner. Charles Kayner.
Raisin, married Miss Eva Drown, and they have two children; Ber- tha May, born August 18, 1875; married Alfred Crabb, of Fairfield, and they have one child. Mrs. Phebe Alice Kayner was born in Niagara County, N. Y., April 2, 1834. Her parents were Quakers, and were pioneers in Raisin township. She died July 21, 1880. May 23, 1882, he married Mrs. Ann (Brittain ) Kent, daughter of Abram W. and Harriet (Crane) Brittain, and they have had two chil- dren, as follows: Jessie E., born January 5, 1884, died April 28, 1895; Nellie A., born September 27, 1885, a student in the Adrian High School. Mrs. Ann Kayner was born in Adrian, December 12, 1843. Her father, A. W. Brittain, was born in Huntington, Luzerne Co., Pa., March 10, 1810. [For full sketch of Mr. Brittain's life see Whitney & Bonner's History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Vol. 2, page 100.] Mr. Brittain died at his home in Adrian township, March 2, 1884. Mrs. Harriet (Crane) Brittain still re- sides at her home in Adrian township.
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EDWARD W. BEERS was born in Knowlesville, Orleans County, New York, May 4, 1827. His father, Charles W. Beers, was born in Romulus, Seneca County, N. Y., August 4, 1797, where he lived until the spring of 1821, when he moved to Orleans County. He resided there until the fall of 1831. During the summer of 1825 he came to Michigan and prospected for land through Wayne, Wash-
Mrs. Hannah B. Beers.
Edward W. Beers.
tenaw and Oakland Counties, but did not locate. In the fall of 1831 he came to Michigan with his family, and settled three miles south- east of the village of Ypsilanti, where he lived until the fall of 1833. He then came to Lenawee County and located 80 acres of land on Section 19 in Adrian, where he lived most of the time until his death, which occurred June 5, 1874. December 7, 1817, he married Miss Keziah Wade, daughter of Jephtha and Sarah Wade, of Romulus, New York, by whom he had nine children, Edward W. being the third son and fourth child. There were six boys and three girls, seven of whom lived to become men and women. Mrs. Keziah Beers was born in Morristown, New Jersey, August 16, 1800, and died in Adrian, February 15, 1872. Her father, Jephtha Wade, was born in New Jersey, his ancestors coming from Wales. He died in Seneca County, New York, about the year 1807. Her mother, Sarah Wade, was born in New Jersey, and died in Charlotte, Michigan in 1852. Edward W. Beers lived with his parents until his twenty-second year, when he commenced working by the month on a farm, and continued until the fall of 1851, when he went to California. He
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took the Panama route, and sailed from New York with 1,600 pas- sengers, on board the old steamship Georgia. When about the third day out, nearly 1,000 of the sturdy and impatient gold-seekers were most horribly sea-sick, but finally all recovered and the Isthmus was crossed. This was the first ship-load of passengers that ever rode over the Panama railroad, ten miles of which was then completed. Mr. Beers remained in California until January, 1856, when he re- turned to Adrian. Since that time he has given his attention to farming, and now owns his father's homestead, a place that he has called his home for about seventy years. March 27, 1856, he married Miss Hannah B. Hood, daughter of William and Louisa Hood, of Rome, this county, by whom he has had three children, as follows : Elmer S., born in Adrian township, July 27, 1857 ; married Decem- ber 23, 1880, Miss Adella A. Gambee, daughter of George and Ellen Gambee, of Adrian. They reside in Cleveland, Ohio, and have one daughter : Ellen L., born November 3, 1881; Cass H., born August 28, 1865; married, November 26, 1891, Miss Eliza M. Sayers, daugh- ter of George and Jane Sayers, of Adrian. They reside on the home farm on section 19, in Adrian, and have one daughter, Ethel M., born August 20, 1892. Mrs. Cass H. Beers was born in Riga, this county, August 29, 1864. Her parents came from England. Carrie L., born August 29, 1869, died July 18, 1874. Mrs. Hannah B. Beers was born in Romulus, Seneca County, New York, November 8, 1832, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1837, who settled on Section 26 in Rome.
MARSHAL R. MORDEN was born August 12, 1844, on the south shore of the Bay of Quinte, opposite to the city of Belleville, Ontario, Canada. All his grandparents were United Empire Loyal- ists from the Delaware and Connecticut Valleys, whose property was confiscated on account of their adherence to the crown, in the war of the American Revolution. He received his education in the ex- cellent common schools of his native land, at the Belleville Grammar School, Albert College and the University of Michigan. He gradu- ated in medicine at the latter institution, March 30, 1871, and imme- diately entered into active practice, with Dr. S. P. Root, a prominent practitioner at Somerset, Hillsdale County, Mich. In September, 1875, he removed to Adrian, Mich., where he has continued in prac- tice ever since. In July, 1871, he married Miss Sarah Jane Terrill, of Brighton, Ont., Canada. Their family consists of two sons, E. J Morden, and Dr. Esli T. Morden, both living in Adrian. He was the first medical practitioner in Lenawee County to pay especial attention to diseases of the eye and ear, and the first one to treat astigmatism and other refractive disorders with glasses. Dr. Morden has always been an ardent supporter of the doctrines of peace, and of law and
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good order. He is an outspoken and aggressive opponent of war, imperialism, and the militant spirit, as being pagan, and opposed to the spirit of true democracy, as well as of Divine teachings. Against gambling and gambling devices he he has ever been ready to support the law, as he would against theft and robbery. He regards intemperance as a disease, that should be studied and dealt with in the same charitable spirit as we would meet the requirements of insanity, or other diseases. In politics Dr. Morden was a vigorous supporter of the Republican party until what he styles the "Philippine Crime," since which time he has been an independent. He is a great lover of nature, and spends his happiest hours in the woods, along the river, and in attending his flower garden. He is an open defender of religion and supporter of the church, and favors all creeds, beliefs and organizations that teach the blessings of Divine grace.
JAMES H. GREEN was born in Fairfield, Lenawee County, Michigan, February 24, 1840. His father, James Green, a native of Antrim County, Ireland, was born there May 3, 1809. He became a linen weaver, and an uncommon circumstance, in this country at least, was the fact that when he was married he had woven, in the finest fabrics, the wedding outfit of sheets, bed-ticks, pillow cases, etc., etc. He followed his trade of weaver until 1830, when he came to America, where he became a pioneer and farmer, and his later life was passed in comfort and happiness. [For fuller particulars of his life see sketch of William Green, in this volume.] James H. Green, subject of this sketch, has spent the most of his life in Fairfield, where he was educated in the district schools. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-one years old. The first of April, 1861, he started for California. He went by way of the Isthmus, and was 28 days en route to San Francisco. The cause of the delay was the piratical depredations of the rebel gunboat Alabama. This boat was seeking to destroy the commerce of the Union, and the govern- ment was obliged to send out gunboats to protect passenger and freight boats going to foreign countries. At that time the Panama boats put to sea and passed the West India Islands to the West. Upon arriving in California he at once went to work in the mines in Sierra County. He was moderately successful, and remained there for nearly three years. In 1864 he returned home and bought one hundred acres of land on Section 27, in Fairfield, where he now re- sides. Since that time he has added to his farm until he now owns three hundred and fifty acres. During his business career he has never given any obligation stronger than a note of hand, and he is today entirely out of debt. He has been for many years engaged in the dairy business, and owns and operated for 15 years a cheese fac-
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tory in South Fairfield. He was several years engaged in buying stock for the Toledo wholesale market. He assisted in organizing the Fulton County Savings and Banking Co., of Lyons, Ohio, and is a director of the same. He has never been an office seeker, although a party man and earnest Republican. He served one term as Justice
Mrs. Clarissa M. Green. James H. Green.
of the Peace, and many years as School Director ; is a member of I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 481, a charter member of Ridgeville Grange, No. 278, and was for three years fire insurance director of the Grange. March 1, 1867, James H. Green married Miss Clarissa M. Salsbury, daughter of Curtis and Margaret (Force) Salsbury, and they have had six children, as follows: Edwin, born July 19, 1868, died October 3, 1870; Hartie E., born December 10, 1871, married Miss Lena Wyman, February 28, 1895. They have two children, and reside in Fairfield ; Florence C., born January 1, 1874, was mar- ried November 6, 1895, to William T. Day, and resides in Seneca ; James B., born March 11, 1876, was married to Miss Blond Wyman, February 17, 1895, has two children and resides in Weston Village ; Bessie M., born November 19, 1879; Burt H., born November 15, 1886. Mrs. Clarissa M. (Salsbury) Green was born in Fairfield, this county, December 13, 1845. Her father was a native of the State of
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New York, born July 14, 1819, and was a pioneer in this county. Her father died in Adrian, Nov. 6, 1848, Her mother died in Fair- field, December 16, 1873, aged 45. For her second husband she married A. A. Russell, of Fairfield.
LUCIUS LILLEY was born in Homer, Cortland County, N. Y., April 21, 1823, where he resided until 1834. He then removed to Cleveland, Ohio. Capt. Reuben Lilley was born at Brimfield, Mass., February 14, 1745, and was a captain in the Revolutionary War. Zenas Lilley, 1st, was the son of Capt. Reuben Lilley, born in Brimfield, Mass., Nov. 17, 1769. Zenas Lilley, 2d, was born in Homer, N. Y., July 29, 1799, married Miss Sarah Burke, April 18, 1822. Lucius Lilley, subject of this sketch, was the son of Zenas Lilley, 2d. After going to Cleveland he engaged in the mercantile business until 1847, when he became proprietor of the Weddell House, then one of the largest and finest hotels in the West. There were no railroads, telegraph or street cars in Cleveland at that time. Mr. Lilley remained in the Weddell House until 1853, at which time he was appointed agent for the Michigan Southern and Northern In- diana Steamboat Line between Cleveland and Toledo, and the fol- lowing year he went to Buffalo, where he was employed in the general ticket office of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana (now Lake Shore) Railroad Company for a number of years. In 1855 he engaged in the banking business in Tecumseh, where he has re- mained in the same business in the same room up to this time, now nearly forty-nine years. He is now president of the Lilley State Bank, and is one of the oldest, best known and conservative bankers in the State. At the meeting of the Michigan Bankers' Association in 1902 he was made Vice President for Michigan of the National Bank- ers' Association, to be held at New Orleans. He is also a Director of the Detroit Trust Company, one of the largest and strongest finan- cial institutions in Michigan. His has been an active life, and he looks back to wonderful changes. He has long been considered a thorough banker and financier. February 18, 1848, Lucius Lilley married Miss Sarah McEachron, daughter of Malcolm and Sarah McEachron of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have had two children as follows: James Rayner Lilley, born in Adrian, Mich., Sept. 3, 1854, married Miss Elizabeth Daniels, daughter of Judge Daniels of Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1882; Julia G., born in Tecumseh, Sept. 3, 1856, married Lester P. Tribou, June 17, 1880, who died July 6, 1898. December 17, 1902, she married Major Albert S. Cummins, now sta- tioned at Fortress Monroe, Va. Mrs. Sarah A. Lilley was born February 5, 1829, at Cleveland, Ohio. Her father was a native of Scotland, and her mother, Sarah A. McEachron, was a native of England. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1829.
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Lucius Lilley, Tecumseh.
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EZRA BERTRAM, Jr., was born in Rome, Lenawee County, Mich., October 6, 1836, being one of the first to be born in the town- ship, and is now one of its oldest residents. His father, Ezra Bertram 2d, was born in Redding, Conn., November 5, 1806. When he was six years old, his father, Ezra Bertram 1st, was a sailor, commanded an ocean merchant ship and lived in Redding, Conn., his family consisting of his wife and four children. In 1812 he gave up his ship and removed to Roxbury, Delaware County, N. Y., and purchased a farm, engaging in the dairy business, making butter for the New York market. Here his oldest son, Ezra 2d, lived until he was sixteen years old, when he was appointed a cadet to West Point. He remained at the Academy for two years, when he was ordered to Fortress Monroe. In 1826 he resigned his commission, not liking a soldier's life. He at once re- turned to the State of New York and settled in Hartland. Here his first employment was in teaching school. He also learned the car- penter's trade, working summers and teaching winters, until 1833, when he came to Michigan, settling on Section 29 in Rome, this county. He entered his first land from the government, but after- wards added to it until he possessed two hundred acres. In 1870 he erected a large brick house on "Bertram Hill," on the same section where he resided until his death, August 29, 1888. He was as well known as any man in his township. He participated in the "Toledo War," was elected for several terms as Justice of the Peace, but finally practiced in the justice courts, being a successful pleader and formidable opponent to professional lawyers. His gift for "story telling" was remarkable, being able to frustrate the "other side" with apt sayings and ridiculous comparisons, often convulsing the Court and jury. In 1829 he married Miss Charlotte A. Bates, daugh- ter of John and Aveline (Calvin) Bates, of Hartland, Orleans County, N. Y., and they became parents of twelve children, Ezra, Jr., being the fourth child and third son. Mrs. Aveline (Bates) Bertram was born in Hartland, N. Y. Her father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was with Gen. Scott in the battle of Lundy's Lane and other important engagements. He came to Lenawee County in 1833, and died in Rome, this county, on the land he took from the government, in October, 1861. Her mother, Aveline (Cal- vin) Bates, was born in Rutland, Vt., and died in Rome in 1867. Ezra Bertram, Jr., subject of this sketch, was born upon the farm that he now owns, on Section 29 in Rome, and has always lived there. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Third Regi- ment, Michigan Cavalry, and served through the great Rebellion. Most of his service was in the Western army. The regiment was rendezvoused at Grand Rapids in the fall of 1861, proceeded to St. Louis and at once became a part of Gen. Sheridan's brigade. In the Texas campaign the regiment was in Gen. Custer's brigade. The regiment was re-enlisted in the fall of 1863, and served in all four and one-half years. He was wounded twice in battle. He was discharged at Jackson, Mich., in February, 1866. Upon his return
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from the army he returned to his home in Rome, and has given his attention to farming ever since. He now owns a fine farm of 245 acres, under a good state of cultivation. He served his township as Supervisor for two terms, three terms as Highway Commissioner, School Director, etc., etc. February 19, 1864, Ezra Bertram, Jr., married Miss Patience Daniels, daughter of Reuben and Sarah Dan- iels, of Woodstock, this county, and they are the parents of three chil- dren, as follows: Fred E., born November 6, 1869, married Miss Frankie Tomer, has two children and resides in Rome; Frank E., born April 2, 1873, married Miss Katie Graw, has two children, and resides in Adrian City ; Minnie E., born October 7, 1878, married John H. Bates and resides in Rome. Mrs. Patience (Daniels) Ber- tram was born in Madison, Somerset County, Maine, November 1, 1840, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1856. Her par- ents were natives of Maine, and died in Robinson, Ottawa County, Michigan. Her father died in 1882, aged 72. Her mother died August 19, 1899, aged 86 years.
JAMES SERVICE, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., January 5, 1818, a few days after his mother arrived from Scotland. His father, James Service, was a native of Scotland. [For his record see John Service's sketch in this volume.] August 5, 1841, James Ser- vice, Jr., married Miss Elizabeth Hardy, daughter of John Hardy, of Edinburg, Scotland, and they had eight children, as follows: Andrew J., born in Canandaigua, N. Y., April 7, 1842, resides in Fairfield; Elizabeth, born same place, April 3, 1844, died September 20, 1848; John H., born same place, January 6, 1846, married Han- nah C. Jackson, daughter of David and Caroline (Whitney) Jackson, who have five children, as follows: Frank, born in Seneca, this county, July 28, 1871; Elizabeth, born same place, September 8, 1873, married R. D. Whitney, resides in Wisconsin; Burt J., born same place, March 3, 1875; Eugene J., born same place, Nov. 22, 1876 ; Charles, born same place, May 22, 1887. Mrs. Hannah C. Ser- vice was born in Shelby, Orleans County, N. Y., December 3, 1845, and died in Seneca, this county, in October, 1888; James, born June 7, 1848, and died March 17, 1862; Emma, born same place, Novem- ber 27, 1849. [For her family relation, see Solomon Force's record in this volume.] . Clarissa, born in Fairfield, this county, October 1, 1855, died September 19, 1881; Janet, born same place, June 24, 1857, married Thos. J. Pickles, is the mother of four children, and resides in Fairfield ; George, born in same place, June 26, 1861, re- sides in Fairfield. Mrs. Elizabeth Service was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, February 15, 1817, and died in Fairfield, this county, May 27, 1872. She was the only member of her family that ever came to America. One of her brothers was a soldier in the English army, and died in India. James Service, Jr., resides on Section 29 in Fair- field, where he has lived since he came to Michigan.
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JOHN C. ANDERSON was born in Madison, Lenawee County, Mich., October 16, 1846. His father, John C. Anderson, was born October 10, 1810, in Scotland, and came to this country when he was a young man, and finally settled in Madison, this county. About 1841 he married Miss Almira G. Griffith, who came from New York to this county with her parents, Lazarus and Elizabeth (Eliger) Griffith, in 1833. John C. and Almira Anderson were the parents of six children, three of whom are still living. Mr. Anderson died in
Old residence of John C. Anderson, now replaced by new one, Section 35, in Dover.
Chesterfield, Ohio, December 19, 1861. Almira G. Anderson died in Adrian township, March 1, 1854. John C. Anderson, the subject of this sketch, has always resided in Lenawee County. He first pur- chased a small farm in Fairfield, but after a few years sold out and purchased a farm on Sections 35-6 in Dover, where he has since lived and prospered. He added to his first purchase in Dover until at one time he owned 345 acres of land. He now has two sons settled upon the estate, and is about to build a new and modern house for himself. A glance at the engraving accompanying this sketch will show the old house, with the material piled around for the more pre- tentious and comfortable abode to be immediately erected. Mr. Anderson served his country as a soldier in the Rebellion, and was a member of Company K, 11th Michigan Infantry .. He is a prominent
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member of Fruit Ridge Grange, and a thrifty and prosperous citizen and farmer. October 9, 1870, Mr. Anderson married Miss Mary J. Firth, of Coldwater, Mich., which resulted in three children, as fol- lows : Burt H., born in Seneca, June 1, 1875, now lives on the home farm; George F., born in Madison, March 9, 1877, and now lives on the home farm ; Lilly M., born in Dover, March 17, 1884. February 26, 1895, Mr. Anderson married Miss Augusta Votzke, of Seneca, this county, resulting in one child, J. Clyde, born December 1, 1895. Mrs. Anderson is a native of Germany, and was born near Berlin, April 28, 1870. She came to this country with her parents in 1884. Her parents now reside in Fairfield.
JOHN CADOO was born in the city of Adrian, Mich., April 17, 1862, and has always lived in Lenawee County. His father, James Cadoo, born near Belfast, Ireland, June 1, 1829, was the son of John and Mary Cadoo, who came to America in 1853, and settled in Adrian, where they died. James learned to make brick in Ireland, and his first em- ployment in Adrian was for James Sword in making brick. After a residence in Adrian of about twenty years, he purchased a farm on Section 24 in Dover, where he still resides. December 18, 1859, James Cadoo married Miss Eliza M. Magill, and they had three chil- dren, John, the subject of this sketch, being the oldest. Mrs. Eliza (Magill) Cadoo was born near Belfast, Ireland, November 14, 1833, and came to America with a brother and sister in 1855. She is still liv- ing in Dover. John Cadoo, of whom we write, lived in Adrian until he was seven years old, when his parents moved to Dover upon the farm. He was brought up a farmer, and received his education in the country schools, and one year at Evans' Business College. He now owns a farm on Section 17, in Madison, where he resides, and carries on dairying and general farming. December 3, 1883, John Cadoo married Miss Emma A. Meech, daughter of Lorenzo Dow and Clara (Robbins) Meech, and they have three children, as follows : Lorenzo D., born June 5, 1891; Clyde V., born May 18, 1894; Har- ley C., born February 15, 1897. Mrs. Emma A. (Meech) Cadoo was born in Madison, Lenawee County, Mich., February 25, 1860. [For her family relation, see P. L. Meech's record in this volume.]
DE WITT C. CLARK was born in Adrian, Mich., November 22, 1837. He was the oldest child of the Hon. Elihu L. and Isabella T. (Bean) Clark, who were pioneers of Adrian, Mr. Clark being among the first and most prominent and successful merchants of Lenawee County. [For a full history of the Hon. E. L. Clark, see
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both volumes of Whitney & Bonner's History and Biographical Rec- ord of Lenawee County. ] De Witt C. Clark always called Adrian his home. Previous to 1860 he went to California, where he remained until the breaking out of the great Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company H, First Regiment, California Cavalry, and served three years in the Union army. At the close of the war he re- turned to Adrian. May 22, 1867, he married Miss Lucia M. Paine, at Brooklyn, Jack- son County. She was born in Rome, this County, December 22, 1847, and died without is- sue, December 3, 1879. For some time after his return from the army he followed farming. In 1878 he went to Mandan, Dakota, and engaged in a general mercantile busi- ness. He disposed of his in- terests there in 1880, and in 1881 he went to Saginaw, Mich., andestablished a wholesale drug store. He re- mained in Saginaw until the De Witt C. Clark. fall of 1884, when the busi- ness was disposed of and he returned to his home. Upon his return to Adrian at this time he gave his entire atten- tion to looking after his prop- erty interests. He died in Adrian October 15, 1895. Jan- uary 26, 1881, De Witt C. Clark married Miss Sophia Maude Wetmore, daughter of Timothy Robert and Mary Ann Sophia Wetmore of Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, Can- ada, and one son was born to them, who died in infancy. One child was legally adopted (a brother's son) Bonnell Wet- more, born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, August 1, 1883, at home. Mrs. Sophia Maude (Wetmore) Clark was born in Mrs. De Witt C. Clark.
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Gagetown, New Brunswick, June 19, 1850, and came to Adrian in 1876 with her brother, the late Charles I. Wetmore. Her father was born in Frederickton, New Brunswick, May 3, 1803, and died in Gagetown, December 26, 1883. November 19, 1845, he married Miss Mary Ann Sophia Bonnell, and they had nine children, seven of whom are now living. Mrs. Mary Ann Sophia (Bonnell) Wetmore was born in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, February 24, 1819, and resides with Mrs. Clark in Adrian, in her 85th year.
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