Elmwood Biographies M - Z

TANCREDA C. MAYNARD was born July 30, 1860, in the city of Montreal, Canada, and when six years of age commenced attending St. Peter's School, where he continued five years and from which he entered the Massan College, of Terrebonne, where he remained till January 8, 1874, when the building was destroyed by fire. He then returned home, where he remained until the 18th of April, 1876, when he went to Bay City where he had a sister, Mrs. Dr. J. P. Gariepy, and through the influence of the doctor he secured a position in a drug store, and afterwards went to Caro, where he was with Job. F. Street. Nov. 25, 1880, he came to Gagetown, and opened a drug store for himself, and is having a growing trade. He also repairs clocks, watches, and jewelry -- the only place in Gagetown where the above articles are cleaned and repaired.

THOMPSON MCAFEE was born in Solon, Ohio, in 1853, residing there till eighteen years of age, when he came to the township of Ellington. In 1876 he purchased eighty acres of land on section 12 in Elmwood, upon which he has since resided and to which he has since added eighty acres, besides owning two 40-acre tracts on section 11 and 12. He was married in 1875, to Miss Ida C. White, of Ellington, whose parents were among the first settlers there.

JOSEPH PERRY was born in Walton, Somersetshire, England, July 14, 1844, and was on a farm until twelve years of age. He then left home, and went to Wales where he worked in the iron mines and coal mines five years, and in 1866 shipped on board the ship "British Empire" at Liverpool for Bombay. They loaded with coal which was discharged at destination, and then sailed for Callao, South America, and from thence to the Chincho Islands for guano, where they were four months loading and lost twenty men. They returned to Callao, and from there sailed for Queenstown, but were wrecked on the Irish coast, and the Captain was lost. He then shipped on a coaster bound for the north of England, and from there went to Cardiff, Wales, where he shipped on the ship "Tartar" for Martinique, in the West Indies, loaded with coal; from Martinique sailed for Antigua, loaded with sugar, molasses, cotton seed, and cotton, and sailed for Liverpool, where he was discharged April 1, 1868. He then returned to Walton, where he remained five years. He then went to Bristol, and worked two years on the Evansmouth dock, from there to Bath, where he worked in an iron foundry, and thence to Wales, where he engaged as a brakeman on the Toffally railroad. He then enlisted in the British Army, and in 1874 came to American, and located in Clarkson, Oakland County, and after working for different parties came to Elmwood, and took up a homestead on section 19, where he has cleared a fine farm. He has been twice married, first to Miss Sophia Bobbitt, of Somersetshire, England, in June, 1863, who died in April 1870, leaving one daughter, who now resides in England. Second to Miss Amanda Mallory, of Ellington, formerly of Hutchinson, Canada, and has three children.

DANIEL PRICE was born in Surrey County, England, Oct. 16, 1836, and remained at home and attended school until he was sixteen years of age, when he came to America, bringing quite a fortune in English gold. He traveled around, boy-fashion, until his money was exhausted, and found himself in Toronto, Ont., where he hired out as a coachman to the Hon. Henry Sherwood, M. P., with whom he remained six months, after which he worked at the carpenter's trade, and finally went to Bruce, and took up a piece of land which was jumped while he was in Toronto on business. He then went to Southampton, and finally shipped on a schooner for the north shore of the lake, where the captain was going to trade with the Indians, and remained with him three months, when he formed a partnership with him, which was dissolved the following spring, and he purchased the schooner, and commenced carrying freight to and from ports on Lake Huron and was wrecked in the fall of 1855. He then engaged in teaching, and in 1857 purchased a farm in Bruce County, which he sold the following year, and then came to Michigan, and located in the city of Saginaw, where he remained until 1863. He then went to Chicago, and enlisted in the U. S. naval service for three years, and shipped on board the Monitor Kickapoo, at Cairo, Miss. After the close of the war he came to Tuscola County, and bought a farm on section 34, in Elmwood, where he has since resided. Has held the office of township clerk seven years, and justice of the peace seven years. Mr. Price is one of a family of twenty-one children, all full brothers and sisters. He was married in 1860 to Miss Hippolitte Valad, of Bruce County, Ont., who has had twelve children, ten of whom are living.

DAVID ROSS was born in the township of Burlington, Bradford County, Pa., Aug. 17, 1832, and moved with his parents to the township of Springfield, where he resided until 1869. He then came to Michigan and settled in Caro, and in 1882, moved to a farm he had purchased in 1881, on section 14 in Elmwood, where he has made a good home for himself and family. He was married, Oct. 29, 1856, to Miss Lydia Maria Bailey, who was born in the town of Hadley, Middlesex County, Conn., July 13, 1838. They have five children, Clara Elizabeth, born Sept. 10, 1857, married, May 23, 1873, to James Sanborn; Etta A., born Sept. 20, 1860, married Oct. 15, 1879, to William Gibbs; Lodency G., born Sept. 22, 1863; Letta, born Sept, 14, 1865, and Bell, born April 15, 1871.

H. D. SEELY was born in Allegany County, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1827, and when about six years of age moved with his parents to the town of White Lake, Oakland County, Mich. He resided there twenty-five years, one year in Wayne County, a short time in Oakland and Lapeer Counties, when he came to Elmwood in 1860, and bought a farm in section 27. Mr. Seely had to endure some of the privations of pioneer life, but can look back to the time of his coming to the wilds of Tuscola with more pleasure than regret. Nov. 12, 1851, he was married to Miss Mary Ferguson, of Pontiac, formerly of Wayne County, N. Y., and has had nine children, three of whom are living.

ISAIAH WAIDLEY was born in McKean, Erie County, Penn., in 1849. In 1868 he went to Ohio, where he remained during the summer, and came to Elmwood in August of that year. He settled on section 35, where he has eighty acres of land. He has just built a find house, and has an excellent farm. Mr. Waidley is treasurer of the town of Elmwood. He was married October 10, 1868, to Phebe A. Ware. They have lost two children by death.

ROSWELL WEBSTER, of Elmwood, was born in Macomb County, Mich., in 1843. In 1848 his parents moved to St. Clair County. His father died in 1860, and his mother in 1863, leaving him without a home. For seven years he worked in the lumber woods in the winter, and on a farm by the mouth in the summer. In 1870 he moved to Tuscola and bought eighty acres of wild land, which he commenced clearing for a farm. There he remained two years and then moved to Elmwood, where he bought his present farm of eighty acres on section 35. He was married August 25, 1872, to Lucy Ann Wilson, a native of Canada. They have four children.