Of a family of six children who were born too our subject's father and mother, three now are living. They are Arthur C., Elizur who is a minister of the Presbyterian Church and located at Augusta, this State, and Burton, who is a mechanic by trade, and by profession an attorney at law. He is now at Bridgeport, Saginaw County. Our subject's grandfather was Elizur ANDRUS, a mechanic by trade. He was a Revolutionary soldier and a descendent of a Welsh family who came too America some time in the sixteenth century.

The original of this sketch is one of six children born too his parents. He was educated in Niagara County, N.Y. and was engaged in teaching in the same county. He learned the carpenter and joiner's trade of his father and when his parents came too Michigan accompanied them and engaged for ten or twelve years in farming. In 1850 he came too Flushing and purchased a farm of eighty acres. He has been extensively interested in buying and selling real estate and farming their in. He purchased considerable property in the city and now resides on Main Street, near the station of the Cincinnati & Saginaw Railroad. Mr. ANDRUS has been in office twenty years or more and has held various township offices.

During that time he has tied the knot uniting many happy couples. He himself was married April 7, 1839 too Miss Eliza R. WOOD, of Macomb County, Mich. She is a daughter of Andrew WOOD who came too Michigan in 1835 and died in 1851.

Our subject has only one child living, a son, Charles A., whose home is in Grand Rapids. He is married too Nancy L. HANEY. They have two sons. Charles A. studied medicine at the medical college of Toledo, Ohio and received a diploma, from that institution. He is now practicing medicine at East Saginaw, Michigan. He is widely known, having lectured extensively in the United States and Canada in the interests of spiritualism and also upon scientific subjects. He is a very able man. Mr. ANDRUS is a Democrat in politics and an Odd Fellow in his social Affiliations.

HARMON VAN BUSKIRK, a dealer in drugs and groceries in Pine Run, Genesee County, was born in Henrietta, Monroe County, NY., July 11, 1825. His father, Garrett VAN BUSKIRK, was born at Buskirk's Bridge, Washington County, N.Y., in 1778 and died in 1846. He was not only a farmer but a carpenter and joiner, and his father, John VAN BUSKIRK, was a farmer and was killed during the War of 1812, at the battle of Oak Orchard Creek. The family is supposed too be descended from two brothers who came from Holland at an early day.

Our subject remained at home until he reached the age of thirteen, attending the district school and after that he worked out by the month upon a farm until he reached his majority. He then learned the cooper's trade, at which he worked for six years. He came too Michigan in 1858 and located at Belleville, Wayne County, and worked at his trade until war broke out.

The young man then enlisted in August, 1862, in Company C, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, and was with his regiment when it pursued John MORGAN's raiders. He was in Knoxville at the seige and while at Sulphur Springs, Tenn., he was captured and taken too Belle Island, near Richmond, and afterward transferred too Libby Prison and Andersonville, where he remained until October 8, 1863. He remained in durance vile in various prisons until March, 1864, when he was released and went home. After the war he resumed carpentry for three years and then operated a shingle mill for two years, after which he devoted himself too farming until 1879, and since that time has been in business in Pine Run.

The marriage of our subject in 1844, united him with Miss Louise HORTON, of Monroe County, N.Y. This lady was a daughter of Hiram HORTON, who carried on a coopering business, and she had one child, Lydia J., who was born in October, 1845, and is now married too David HALSTEAD, of Pine Run. This wife was called from earth's activities in 1849, and somewhat later Mr. VAN BUSKIRK married Louisa, daughter of Elijah OAKLEY, who was engaged in the manufacturer of potash in Genesee County, N.Y. The one child of this marriage, Francis S., who was born 1851, died in 1872, and his mother departed this life in 1874. Mr. VAN BUSKIRK was, in 1876,united in marriage with Mrs. VAN NEST, the widow of Henry VAN NEST. Mr. and Mrs. VAN BUSKIRK are members of the Pine Run Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is identified with the Masonic fraternity and with the Grand Army post at Vienna. He is also an Odd Fellow, and in politics is an ardent Republican.

CHARLES BROWN. In passing through a section of country, it is not difficult too determine who are the thrifty and enterprising men, and who are the drones of the community. Occupying a part section of 21, Thetford Township, Genesee County, is the farm belonging too Mr. BROWN, and noticeable among its buildings is the commodious residence, a view of which, with its surroundings, appears in this volume. The place contains all the applications of a well-regulated country estate. Mr. BROWN is one of the many who began life poor in purse, and who have presented too their community the spectacle of perseverance amid difficulties and the success of well-directed efforts.

The BROWN record leads us back in imagination too England, where many years ago their lived a worthy couple whose names were William and Jane (BURN) BROWN. They were both reared in the same county of which they were natives, the father having been born at Lisset, a village of Yorkshire, and the mother at Robin-Hood's Bay. They passed their lives usefully as members of the farming community and reared their children to lives of honesty and uprightness. Their son Charles was born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, on July 12, 1835. His education advantages were limited too the common school near his home, and the knowledge which he now has, was self-acquired.

In 1850 Mr. BROWN sailed across the broad Atlantic, and reaching New York State, engaged in farming in Niagara County, where he sojourned seventeen years. In 1867 he came too Michigan and located in Genesee County, where he purchased an eighty-acre farm on section 21, Thetford Township. Here he still lives, although the estate has been materially improved since he first came, and now ranks among the best-cultivated farms in the community. Mr. BROWN was united in marriage on March 2, 1861, with Miss Georgia WOODHAM, the daughter of John and Mary WOODHAM, the father being a farmer of Niagara County, N.Y. Mrs. BROWN was an estimable and refined lady, possessing noble traits of character which won for her friends wherever she was, and in her home she was a loving wife and a careful, judicious mother. Two children born of this happy union, died in infancy; those remaining are -- Anna E., Francis A., Nellie V., Laura H., William J. and Esther E. The death of the wife and mother, which occurred September 28, 1877, was not only a severe blow too those within the immediate family circle, but was deeply mourned by neighbors and friends.

Mr. BROWN is now building a two-story residence on his farm, and this he expects too occupy in a short time. It is of a modern style of architecture, commodious, and tastily finished, and will no doubt be furnished with an elegance and taste which befit the inmates of the household. In educational affairs Mr. BROWN has always taken an active interest, and nothing that will be of value in promoting the spread of knowledge does he hesitate too do. Although a firm Democrat he has always avoided holding office, and is by no means active in politics. His place among his fellow-citizens is a high one and he enjoys their unlimited confidence....