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WEBSTER C. JIPSON, was born in Rochester, N. Y., Septem- ber 21, 1851, and came to Michigan with his parents in the fall of 1860. His father, Orrin W. Jipson, was born March 4, 1814, in Cayuga County, N. Y. He was the son of Webster Jipson, whose paternal ancestors were English and French, and whose mother was related to the Webster family of Massachusetts. Orrin W. Jipson, when a young man, learned the iron workers' trade. He also became an expert draughtsman and metal worker In 1835 he made an ex- tended tour of the then far West and South. He landed in Detroit that year. After some little time he started for Battle Creek on foot. He took the old territorial road, following it to his destination, los- ing his boots in the mud on the way, being obliged to finish the distance in his bare feet. From Battle Creek he went to Chicago, which was then a mere bog, and as there was no inducement to stop there he proceeded on his tour to Springfield, Ill., where he found employment for nearly one year. He then went to St. Louis, Mo., where he remained about three years. He took a Mississippi steamer and went down the river to New Orleans, where he found passsage on a fruit ship for New York. About the year 1845 he found him- self in Rochester, N. Y., where he became connected with the Dur- yee & Forsyth Scale and Safe Works. Here he took a contract to construct and furnish to the company all the weigh-lock, railroad and other scales which they marketed. In 1859 he secured a patent upon a new form of lever, and what has lately been developed as the "tare beam" scale. In 1860 he severed his connection with Duryee & Forsyth, and came to Blissfield, Mich., where he purchased the Almond Harrison property, consisting of a farm of 160 acres, and grist mill and saw mill. The mill property he sold in 1870, but carried on the farm, where he resided until his death, which occurred March 8, 1875. In 1848 Orrin W. Jipson married Miss Jane Bly, daughter of Asa Bly, of Log City, Madison County, N. Y., and they had two children, as follows: Webster C .; Adele M., born November 14, 1858, married Webster E. Tooke, and resides at Corry, Pa. Mrs. Jane (Bly) Jipson was born at Log City, N. Y., Septem- ber 10, 1819, and is now living, in good health, with her daughter,
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at Corry, Pa. Her parents were natives of Massachusetts, and went to Madison County, N. Y., in 1800, among the first settlers there. Webster C. Jipson came to Blissfield when he was nine years old. He attended the Blissfield public schools. In 1865 he became a stu- dent in Hillsdale College for one year. In 1869 he entered the Agri- cultural College at Lansing. In 1871 he was employed in a civil engineer's office in Toledo, Ohio, and in 1872 became assistant to the resident engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Toledo. In 1873 he engaged in land surveying and map making on his own ac- count. He compiled the first map of Blissfield Village. In the fall of 1873 he entered Cornell University in the Architectural Depart- ment and took special work in the Civil Engineering Department. He returned to Blissfield in 1875 and for three years carried on his father's farm. In the spring of 1879 he went to Georgetown, Colo., where he passed examination and was appointed Deputy U. S. Min- eral Surveyor. He afterwards entered the employ of the Denver & R. G. Railroad as draughtsman in the chief engineer's office at Den- ver. In November, 1881, he returned to Blissfield, and in 1885 the bank of Jipson, Carter & Co. was organized, Mr. Jipson becoming the cashier. The bank has been very successful from the first. March 1, 1900, it was reorganized as the Jipson-Carter State Bank, with a capital of $25,000, Mr. Jipson filling the position of cashier. January 10, 1882, Webster C. Jipson married Miss Cora Almyra Car- ter, daughter of Russell C. and Lucinda A. (Bowen) Carter. Her father was the son of Norman B. Carter, one of the most prominent pioneers of Ogden, this county, who came to Michigan in 1832. Her mother was Lucinda A. (Bowen) Carter, whose mother was Sarah R. Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. Jipson have no children.
DAVID SMITH, SR., was born in Camington, Conn., Feb- ruary 8, 1786. When he was yet a child his father, Ezekiel Smith, moved to Vermont on the river Lamoille, where he followed farming until 1798. About the year 1789 Mrs. Ezekiel Smith (Mary Flint) was drowned in the Lamoille river. Ezekiel Smith afterwards mar- Miss Mary Bullen, and in 1798 moved to Lower Canada, where he lived until the breaking out of the war of 1812, when he, owing to the "exigency of the times," was compelled to leave his property and move into the State of New York, and finally settled in Constable, St. Lawrence County. He afterwards moved to Manchester, On- tario, where he lived until his death. David Smith, Sr., came to the "States" at the same time and for the same reason that his father did, and finally settled in Manchester, Ontario County, N. Y., where he purchased a farm. He lived in Manchester until the spring of 1833, when he came to Michigan and located nearly 200
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acres of land on Section 6, in Logan, now Adrian township. In 1835 he built a saw mill on his farm, the motive power being had from Wolf Creek. He was one of the very first settlers on Wolf Creek, his neighbors being Cary Rogers, who lived on Section 7, in Adrian, and John Wood, who lived on Section 1, in Logan, now Rome, and William Hawley, who lived one mile south. Mr. Smith was fore-
David and Emeline Smith of Rome.
most in all the first public improvements. He was appointed a com- missioner to lay out public roads, and assisted in chopping out the roads, building bridges, etc., between Adrian and Devil's Lake. He was a very enterprising man, and much respected, especially by all the first settlers, to whom he lent all the assistance in his power. He died at the age of 95 at his son's home in Rome. November 6, 1807, David Smith, Sr., was married in Armstown, Lower Canada, to Miss Lydia Roberts, daughter of David and Lydia Roberts, of Armstown, by whom he had eleven children, ten sons and one daughter; David, Jr., who was born in Constable, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., October 30, 1812, being the third child. Mrs. Lydia Smith was born in Vermont, May 3, 1789, and died in Rome, this county, May 14, 1875. David Smith, Jr., was brought up a farmer, and received only a common school education. He came to Michigan in 1832, with his brother, Henry Smith. His parents came in the spring of 1833, and David located a farm on Section 12, in Rome, adjoining his father's. He has lived upon this land ever since that time, and has subdued it from a wilderness, erecting good buildings and making a valuable farm. He has done his full share in all that is necessary to be done in establishing
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school districts, societies of different kinds, and in enforcing and obeying the common laws. Having come into the country when he was in his twentieth year, of course he was very active during all the period of clearing up the country, establishing society, develop- ing its resources, etc. August 6, 1837, David Smith, Jr., married Miss Emeline Hawley, daughter of Levi and Olive Hawley, of Rome, this county, by whom he had eight children, as follows: Hercelia, born October 28, 1838, married Myron Every, of Rome, is the mother of three children, two of whom, Erwin and George, are living ; Har- riet S., born April 15, 1840, married Almond W. Hawley, April 24, 1895, who died May 22, 1901; William H., born April 5, 1844, en- . listed in the Union army in 1862, in Company A, 17th Michigan Infantry. His company was in every battle with the regiment ex- cept one. He was wounded at Spottsylvania Court House and was mustered out June 15, 1865. He married Elizabeth Wood, resides on Section 6 in Adrian and has two children, Adeline and Glenwood. Adeline is the wife of Frank Billington, and resides in the city of Adrian. Glenwood married Bernice Lewis, and resides in Rome. Emily, born September 10, 1847, married Philip Bates of Rome, has one daughter, Florence, who is the wife of Alford Billings, a mer- chant at Jasper ; Florence A., born November 20, 1849, married C. R. Knowles, has a son, Clarence D., and resides in the city of Adrian ; Thaddeus, born October 13, 1853, and died December 19, 1853; Jes- sie E., born January 23, 1857, married Albert Knowles of Rome, and has one child, Edith May. Mrs. Emeline Smith was born in Seneca, Ontario County, N. Y., June 11, 1814. She came to Michigan with her parents in 1835. Her father was a native of New York, and died in Rome, at his old home, on Section 13, May 7, 1852. His wife, who was Miss Olive Payne, was a native of Rhode Island. She died in Rome, January 4, 1853. Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, Jr., are still living at their old home, and attended the county fair in the fall of 1903.
MICHAEL WESLEY HENSEL was born in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pa., January 23, 1867. His father, Jacob B. Hensel, was born September 18, 1831, and has always resided in Westmoreland County, Pa. His paternal ancestors were German, and came to this country in the seventeenth century. His maternal ancestors were French (Bossart by name), and came about the same time. Jacob B. Hensel was raised a farmer, and that has been his principal occupation through life. He has held many positions of trust at the hands of his fellow citizens, and enjoys the utmost con- fidence of all. In 1856 Jacob B. Hensel married Miss Mary Ann Bash, daughter of Michael and Anna Mary (Fennel) Bash, of West- moreland County, Pa., and they became the parents of fourteen chil- dren, eight of whom were boys. Twelve of these children grew to
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maturity. Mrs. Mary Ann (Bash) Hensel was born in Bell, West- moreland County, Pa., April 2, 1841. Her ancestors came from Hol- land early in the history of the country. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Hensel are at this time (1903), in good health, and retain all their faculties to a remarkable degree. Michael W. Hensel, sub- ject of this sketch, lived at home until he was about 17 years old, when he embarked upon life's voyage for himself, taking up a family characteristic, that of teaching school. With a district school education that passed him through the county teachers' examination, he secured his first school. His first school was the fall term of 1884. From this time he taught winters and went to school sum- mers until 1890, when he entered as an irregular student at Alle- gheny College, at Meadville, Pa. After two years at Meadville, he entered the Ohio University at Athens, and graduated with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts in 1893. In August, 1893, he came to Michigan, settling in Blissfield, where he was engaged as superin- tendent of the public schools. After filling that position for four full school years, he was elected on the Republican ticket County Commissioner of Schools, and was installed in office July 1, 1897. He was re-elected in 1899, and again in 1901, and in 1903 he was elected under the new law, for a four years' term. Previous to his election as commissioner, he had served for more than two years as County School Examiner. July 3, 1895, Michael W. Hensel married Miss Nellie E. Dickinson, daughter of Anson and Mary J. Dickinson, of Blissfield, and they have two children, as follows : Linda, born Au- gust 31, 1891, (by previous marriage of Mrs. Hensel) ; Grant D., born May 5, 1896. Mrs. Nellie E. (Dickinson) Hensel was born in Bliss- field, April 4, 1869. Her father, Anson Dickinson 2, was born in Blissfield, this county, December 31, 1834. His father, Anson Dick- inson 1, died in August, 1834, leaving his wife and children in the
wilderness. The family was taken back to Potsdam, N. Y., by Mrs. Dickinson's father, Clement Carpenter. Anson Dickinson 2 grew to manhood in Potsdam, but returned to Blissfield in 1854, where he has resided ever since. October 3, 1856, Anson Dickinson married Miss Mary J. Loomis, daughter of Gad R. and Mary (Whit- ney) Loomis, of Madrid, N. Y., and they have three children, as fol- lows : David E., born April 30, 1861, resides in Blissfield ; Nellie E., now Mrs. Hensel. One died in infancy.
LEWIS A. WHITE was born in Fairfield, Lenawee County, Mich., November 1, 1853. His father, Allen N. White, was born in Royalton, Niagara County, N. Y., April 21, 1827, and was the son of David and Hannah (Cross) White, who were pioneers in Niagara County. Allen N. White came to Michigan with his parents in
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1840, and settled on Section 26, in Fairfield. In 1847 he went to Fairfield Village and learned the wagon makers' trade with William McNames. About the year 1861 he erected a grist mill and saw mill in Fairfield Village, which was burned in 1863. He afterwards erected a wagon shop and planing mill, which is now being operated as a cheese-box factory by his sons, Lewis A. and Orlando H. White. In 1874 he engaged in the undertaking business. During the winter of 1876-7 the small-pox broke out in Fairfield, and in March, 1877,
Lewis A. and Orlando H. White, of Fairfield Village.
he was stricken with the disease, having been exposed to it while prosecuting his calling. He died March 26, 1877. December 25, 1849, Allen N. White married Miss Cyntha W. Baker, daughter of John and Polly Baker, and they were the parents of seven children. [For her family record see sketch of A. G. Baker, in this volume.] Mrs. Cynthia W. White died December 24, 1869. Mr. White was
married the second time to Miss Maria Odell, daughter of John C. and Polly Odell, of Fairfield. They had one son. She died June 1, 1875. Lewis A. White has always lived in Fairfield Village, where he was educated. He commenced work with his father when he was about sixteen years old, and is still working in the same shop. He, with his brother, Orlando H., carry on the largest cheese-box factory in the county, turning out between sixty and seventy thousand boxes yearly. They also carry on the undertaking business, and keep a stock of mortuary goods on hand. For the past 18 years he has served on the village school board. He is a member of the Fairfield M. E. church, belongs to the Fairfield Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 125, and the Jasper Lodge of Maccabees, 896. July
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22, 1875, Lewis A. White married Miss Annie E. Morley, daughter of Robert and Serena (Sparrow) Morley, of Chicago, Ill., and they are the parents of five children, as follows : Nellie E., born July 28, 1876, married Alfred D. Hall, Oct. 27, 1897, is the mother of two daughters, and resides near Tecumseh; Claude N., born November 12, 1879, married Miss Mabel Baker, November 12, 1899, and has one daughter ; Mina G., born September 18, 1884, at home. Two chil- dren, died in infancy. Mrs. Annie E. (Morley) White was born in New York city, June 17, 1853. Her father, Robert Morley, was born near Bath, England, July 25, 1827. He came to the United States in 1849. He was a carpenter and builder, and resided in New York, Boston, Chicago and LaSalle, Ill., and died in Fairfield, this county, November 4, 1885. January 12, 1848, he married Serena Sparrow, daughter of Charles and Serena Sparrow, of near Bath, England. She died in Chicago, Ill., in 1863, aged 36 years.
BURTON E. TOBIAS was born in the township of Dover, Lenawee County, Mich., January 8, 1866. His father, Charles M. Tobias, was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., July 5, 1827, and came to Michigan with his parents in 1851. He had been reared a farmer, but soon after coming to Michigan he engaged in railroad- ing and followed that calling in different capacities for nearly twenty years. In 1867 he purchased a fine farm in Dover, this county, and in 1869 settled thereon with his family, and gave his entire attention to it. He was a successful farmer and stock raiser, until his death, which occurred July 14, 1897. His parents, Moses and Jane (Manning) Tobias, were natives of New York, being born respectively in Ulster and Dutchess Counties, both of whom died at White Pigeon, this State, (Moses, September 30, 1876; his wife, Jane, May 7, 1876.) Charles M. Tobias married Miss Angelina McLouth, daughter of William W. and Betsey McLouth, of Dover, this county, February 9, 1859, and they became the parents of four children, Burton E. being the third child and son. Mrs. Angelina Tobias was born in Dover township, July 4, 1835. Her parents were natives of Massachusetts, and came to Michigan in 1835. William W. McLouth was born in Cheshire, Mass., September 10, 1792; died December 4, 1860. Mrs. Betsy McLouth was born in Clarksburg, Mass., March 26, 1798, and died July 25, 1873. Burton E. Tobias passed his early years on the farm, and attended the district school. After sufficient advancement he entered Adrian High School, and graduated in June, 1887, winning the scholarship of the class. Af- ter graduation he taught district school for two terms, and then be- came a student at Adrian College. In July, 1889, he accepted a po- sition as bookkeeper in the bank of Whitney & Wilcox, and re-
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mained in that capacity until June, 1893, when the Adrian State Savings Bank was organized. He was then promoted to assistant cashier, and in January, 1894, he was made cashier, which position he still holds, having thus served over thirteen years in the banking business in the same location. Besides being cashier and director in the Adrian State Savings Bank, he is a stockholder and director in the Adrian Telephone Company, stockholder, director and treasurer of the Times Printing Company of Adrian, and a stockholder in the Page Woven Wire Fence Company, the Lamb Wire Fence Company, and several other business enterprises of Adrian. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Adrian, and has been president of the Young Men's Christian Association of Adrian since its incorporation under the State law. He is also one of the trustees, and treasurer of the Adrian High School Alumni Scholarship Fund Association. September 28, 1897, he married Miss Kate Humphrey, daughter of Gen. William and Mary Elizabeth Humphrey, of Adrian. They have one child, Harriet Elizabeth, born in Adrian, April 8, 1901. [For Mrs. Kate Tobias' family connections, see sketch of Gen. Wil- liam Humphrey, in this volume.]
NATHAN NASH was born at Stoney Creek, near Hamilton, Canada, February 12, 1832, and came to Michigan with his parents in June, 1836. His father, Samuel Nash, was born in Norwalk, Conn., April 10, 1805, and was the son of Nathan and Barbara (Brown) Nash, who were natives of Connecticut. All that is known of the ancestors of the Nash family is that early in our national his- tory, three brothers came from England, and from them the Nash family in the United States descended. Samuel Nash lived in Con- necticut until 1822, when he went to St. Catherines, Canada, where he found employment in a woolen mill, and remained about ten years. About this time he purchased a farm at Stoney Creek, near Hamilton, where he remained but a short time, when he sold out and removed to Niagara County, N. Y., and purchased a farm near Lewiston. Here he soon became dissatisfied, and again sold out, came to Michigan, and settled on Section 15, in Rome, this county, residing there but a few years when he purchased land on Section 36 in Adrian, and Section 1 in Madison, Here he resided until 1869, when he again sold to T. J. Tobey. He died in Palmyra, this county, October 16, 1875. January 6, 1828, Samuel Nash married Miss Sarah M. Becker, daughter of Garardus and Sarah (Finney) Becker, and they were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Mrs. Sarah M. (Becker) Nash was born near Schenectady, N. Y., in 1809, and died in Madison, this county, June 22, 1863. Their oldest son, Samuel, Jr., who died March 30, 1898, had a remarkable
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career. [For a sketch of his life, see Whitney & Bonner's History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Vol. 2, page 229.] Nathan Nash, the subject of this sketch, was raised a farmer, but worked two years at blacksmithing in Connecticut. In 1855 he pur- chased a farm on Section 10, in Adrian township, where he resided for about seven years. Since that time he has owned four different farms, not including the one he possesses now on Section 16, in Adrian. He has always been an active man, and has done his full
Residence of Nathan Nash. on Section 16, Adrian Township.
share in developing the resources of Lenawee County. March 13, 1855, Nathan Nash married Miss Eunice M. Beckey, daughter of William and Miriam (Sawtell) Beckey, of Adrian township, and they are the parents of three children, as follows: Harriet E., born December 23, 1855, unmarried and at home; Edwin N., born Sep- tember 14, 1859, married Miss Harriet E. Hill, and they have four children ; Ernest A., born November 2, 1866, married Mary O. Wig- gins, and they have three children. Mrs. Eunice M. Nash was born July 11, 1834, near Augusta, Maine, and came to Michigan in 1837 with her parents, who settled in Adrian township, this county. She died December 23, 1887. Her parents were natives of Maine. Her mother died in Adrian township in 1866, and her father died in 1871. Mr. Nathan Nash has a granddaughter, the youngest child of his oldest son, Miss Lillian B., who has been brought up in his home. Her mother died when she was two years old, in 1893, and Miss Harriet Nash took her at that time. The child has twined herself around their hearts so that she has become a fixture in the family.
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GEORGE LANE was born in Blissfield, Lenawee County, Mich., March 27, 1827. His father, Jacob Lane was a native of New Jer- sey, born October 1, 1798, where he grew to manhood, on a farm. He learned the blacksmith trade in that State, and came to Michi- gan in 1825, first settling in Monroe County. He worked at his trade there until 1826, when he came to Lenawee County and settled in Blissfield. He entered land on Section 31, where he built a log house, and blacksmith shop. For three or four years he did what work came to him, and did what he could in clearing land. He then went to Monroe, working at his trade until his health failed him, when he returned to Blissfield and began keeping hotel. In 1836 his wife died, when he abandoned the hotel and went to Philadel- phia, where he worked at the machinist trade for three years. He then returned west, worked in Detroit and Monroe, became foreman of the railroad shops at Monroe, where he was killed by the cars November 9, 1846. In 1826 he married Miss Eliza Giles, daughter of George and Margaret Giles, then of Monroe County, and they had four sons and one daughter, George being the oldest. One son, Charles, served in an Ohio regiment during the great Rebellion, and was killed in battle at Atlanta, Ga., in July, 1864. Mrs. Eliza (Giles) Lane died November 9, 1836. She was born near London, Canada, March 24, 1811. Her father, George Giles, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1789, came to Michigan soon after the war of 1812, settled in Blissfield, this county, in 1826, was the first hotel keeper in that settlement, and died there May 23, 1841. Her mother, Margaret Crow, of Pennsylvania, who was born in 1793, was the mother of nine children, and died in Blissfield, October 14, 1864. George Lane, the subject of this sketch, was the first child born in Blissfield, and among the very first to be born in Lenawee County. He has called Blissfield his home for 76 years. His mother died be- fore he was nine years old, and he afterwards lived with his grand- father, George Giles. He was educated in the pioneer schools, and was reared a farmer. Before he was twenty years old he commenced to work for the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad as fireman of the old locomotive "Hillsdale." This locomotive was the largest on the road, had double driving wheels, and required two firemen to keep it supplied with wood. After firing about eighteen months, he became a full-fledged engineer, and got an en- gine on the old Mad River road, running between Sandusky and Springfield, Ohio. During his railroad career he saved money enough to purchase a farm of 114 acres on Section 6, in Riga, this county. After several years he sold the Riga farm and purchased a home on Section 32, in Blissfield, where he now resides. For about twelve years he was engaged in the manufacture of staves in Bliss- field, the firm being Dewey & Lane. In religion Mr. Lane is a Methodist, and one of the oldest members of the church in Bliss- field. In politics he is a Republican. January 20, 1850, George Lane married Miss Sarah A. Elsey, daughter of William and Susan
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Elsey, of Sandusky City, Ohio, and they are the parents of thirteen children, as follows: Eliza Ann, born in Sandusky, Ohio, October 11, 1851, died February 6, 1854; Urzelay, died in infancy ; Charles Henry, born in Riga, this county, January 8, 1854, married Alice Paddock, has three children, and resides at Ottumwa, Iowa; Leona S., born in Union City, Ind., March 11, 1856, married Col. D. V. Hazzard, June 16, 1880, and resides in Eustis, Florida ; Allen J., died in infancy ; William L., born in Riga, August 10, 1859, married Miss Annie Bloom, and resides in Maysville, Mo. George W., born in Riga, October 2, 1861, married Miss Daisy Black, has four chil- dren, and resides in Gentry, Mo .; Mary E., born in Riga, December 13, 1863, married William Edgar, November 10, 1888, and resides in Toledo, Ohio; Clara L., born in Riga, March 21, 1866, married Charles Bird, and they have one child, and reside in Detroit, Mich ; Bradford D., born in Blissfield, January 11, 1868, married Lillian Hall, July 25, 1900, and resides in Blissfield; Annabell, born in Blissfield, January 10, 1871, at home ; John R., born in Blissfield, March 18, 1873, resides at Sayer, Oklahoma ; Jennie J., born in Bliss- field, April 7, 1876, at home. Mrs. Sarah A. (Elsey) Lane was born in Staten Island, New York, May 4, 1833. Her father was a native of Portsmouth, England, came to the United States when a young man, and married Miss Susan Thompson, of Staten Island, N. Y., whose father was a soldier in the war of 1812.
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