Michigan Pioneer & Historical Collections Vol. 18 -1891 |
| Extracted and contributed from the Book,
"Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections," by Bonnie Petee.
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REPORT OF THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE TUSCOLA COUNTY Wm. A. Heartt
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| Of the large number of long time residents of
Tuscola County, who for twenty and more years have been with us and of us, but who within
the past year have terminated their pilgrimage here, and become enrolled with the silent
majority on the other side, I am enabled to name but a portion, owing to failure of our
supervisors to fully report their departure to proper officials as the statutes
contemplate. Of those herein named several were pioneers, in the true sense of what the term implies, and were called to encounter hardships and privations they would gladly have shunned.
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| Died, in town of Almer, June 2, 1890, Emily, wife of Otis W. LEONARD, born at Middlesex, Yates Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1823, aged sixty-six years; resident here thirty-four years. |
| Died, at Caro, June 7, 1890, Mrs. P. H. HIGGIE, formerly from Bridgewater, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, where she resided fifty-one years; aged nearly eighty-seven years. |
| Died, at Vassar, June 9, 1890, Moses H. PHILLIPS,
for twenty years resident of Denmark this county; aged ninety years.
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| Died, at Vassar, July 19, 1890, Mrs. Ann. W. SANDERS, native of Springfield, Vt. resident of Tuscola Co., since 1850; aged sixty years. |
| Died, at Cass City, Aug., 30, 1890, Robert S. TOLAND, since 1865 engaged in editorial work at Bay City, East Saginaw, Caro, Vassar, Unionville, and Cass City; county register at time of his death; resident at Caro, aged forty-two years. |
| Died, at Vassar, September 27, 1890, Sanford
HINES, resident of Juniata for many years; aged seventy-six years.
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| Died, at Caro, October 6, 1890, Jacob EISENSTEIN, an old resident and war veteran; aged sixty-seven years. |
| Died, at Tuscola, October 13, 1890, Samuel HEWES, a native of Mass., resident here thirty years; aged ninety-four years. |
| Died, at Tuscola, October 19, 1890 Gilbert
BALDWIN, an early settler of the county.
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| Died, at Tuscola, October 31, 1890, James A. FRAZIER, born at Plattsburg, N. Y., and came to this county in an early day. |
| Died, at Caro, November 6, 1890, Maria W. MORTON, relict of the late Eurotus MORTON of Ypsilanti; resident of Michigan since 1838, born at Whateley, Mass., October 30, 1802; aged eighty-eight years. |
| Died, in Almer, November 16, 1890, Asa. B. HUMES
resident of the county twenty-five or more years; aged fifty-three years.
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| Died, in Almer, November 24, 1890, Otis W. LEONARD, resident of the county for thirty-four years; aged sixty-seven years. |
| Died, at Reese, December 25, 1890, Isaiah H. MOSHIER, a native of New York, twenty-two years at Reese; aged seventy-six years. |
| Died, at Vassar, December 21, 1890, Will S.
McHOSE, resident there twenty-two years; aged thirty-nine years.
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| Died, at the same place, January 14, 1891, Mrs. Julis McHOSE, mother of W. S. McHose, native of PA, resident here twenty-two years, aged seventy-four years. |
| Died, at Fair Grove, January 27, 1891, John M. PETERSHANS, a native of Germany. resident since 1859; aged seventy-five years. |
| Died, in Gilford, January 15, 1891, Immanuel
SPENCER, a resident of the township thirty-five years; aged sixty-two years.
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| Died, at Tuscola, February 2, 1891, Philo B. RICHARDSON, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, came here in 1854; aged seventy-six years. |
| Died, in Arbela, February 6, 1891, Arthur HILL, born in Onondaga County, N. Y., resident of the county forty years; aged seventy-four years. |
| Died, at Vassar, February 22, 1891, Mrs. Oliver
DAVIS, resident there since 1852; aged fifty-five years.
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| Died, in Juniata, February 23, 1891, David WIDDEN, resident of county twenty-three years; aged sixty-four years. |
| Died, at Vassar, March 1, 1891, Leman G. WOODCOCK, native of Schoharie County, N. Y., resident in Michigan forty-six years, and of Tuscola County for thirty-nine years; aged fifty-six years. |
| Died, at Caro, March 8, 1891, Azariah TOWNSEND,
native of Dutchess County., N. Y., father of sixteen children, fourteen of whom survive
him, resident here twenty-one years; aged eighty-nine years.
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| Died, in Juniata, March 7, 1891, Mary M. CULVER, native of New Hampshire, maiden name PATTERSON, resident here since 1869; aged eighty-eight years. |
| Died, at Vassar, March 12, 1891, Mrs. David PERRY, native of England, resident here twenty-five years; aged seventy-two years. |
| Died, at Caro, April 5, 1891, Stephen R. CROSS,
came to this county from St. Clair in 1864; aged sixty-eight years.
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| Died, at Vassar, April 16, 1891, Edward C. CAINE, native of Warrenville, Ohio, born November 4, 1840, came to Vassar in 1867, and for twelve years its postmaster; aged fifty years. |
| Died, at Caro, May 11, 1891, Mrs. Wm. McKAY, born at Pontiac, Michigan, in 1843, resident of this county since 1876, in town of Dayton; aged forty-eight years. |
| Died, at Caro, May 8, 1891, Melvin GIBBS, native
of Vermont, resident at Caro since 1855; aged seventy-eight years.
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| Died, at Caro, May 18, 1891, Ebenezer W. GERRISH, native of Durham, Maine, resident here since 1869, aged seventy-six years. |
| Died, in Almer, May 28, 1891, Myron David ORR, native of Leroy, N. Y., resident of Michigan since 1854, for most of the time in this county; aged sixty years. |
| Julia Maria, wife of Spencer F. LOW, died at her home in Fostoria, Tuscola County, Michigan, on the 10th day of April 1890. Her maiden name was SEAMAN, and she was born in the city of New York on the 26th day of October, 1805, thus making her eight-four years five months and nine days old at the time of her death. She was married on the third day of June, 1833, and continued to reside in New York City until July, 1836, when, with her husband, she removed to the site of the present city of Flint. After remaining at Flint fifty years, and seeing an opulent city grow up from the wilderness around them, the venerable couple removed to Fostoria, taking up their abode with their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edward HAUER. Deceased was buried in the Watertown cemetery; and her bereaved husband is at the comfortable home of his daughter, serenely awaiting the final summons to join her in "That undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveler returns." |
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