Michigan Pioneer & Historical Collections Vol. 22, 1893 |
| Extracted and contributed from the Book,
"Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections," by Bonnie Petee.
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TUSCOLA COUNTY by William A. Heartt
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| Mrs. Anna Dennis – Mrs. Anna Dennis, mother of Mrs. Nathaniel Dann, died at Caro, July 20, 1892, aged 85 years. |
| Mrs. James I. Calkins – Mary L, wife of James I. Calkins, died at Caro, March 16, 1893, aged 72 years. She was born at Woodstock, Conn., May 6, 1820, and had resided in Michigan since 1836. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Eldridge – Mrs. Lewis
Eldridge died at her home in the town of Indian Fields, January 5, 1893. Also on February
7, 1893, Lewis Eldridge, her husband, died, aged 69 years. They had been residents there
for sixteen years, removing thither from the southwestern part of Michigan.
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| Theo L. Evans – Theo. L. Evans died at Vassar, December 5, 1892, aged 66 years. He was born in Boston, Mass., 1827. |
| Antione Dupaul – Antoine Dupaul died in the town of Almer, November 6, 1892, aged 72 years. A resident since 1865. |
| Mark Joshua – Mark Joshua died at Indian
Fields, November 29, 1892. Probably he was the oldest Indian in Michigan at the time of
his death. He was a chief of the tribe of Chippewas in the Cass River section, and was
about 100 years of age.
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| Matthew D. North – Matthew D. North died at Vassar, August 7, 1892, of heart failure. He was born in Ulster County, N. Y., in March 1826. He had been a resident of Vassar since 1853, and was a brother of the late Townsend North. |
| Thomas McPherson – Thomas McPherson died at Arbela, August 7, 1892, aged 50 years. He had been a resident of the county for thirty-five years. |
| Wm. Slafter - Wm. Slafter died at Tuscola, August
8, 1892, aged 85 years. He had been a resident of Tuscola township since 1849.
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| Sylvester Smith – Sylvester Smith died at Tuscola, December 5, 1892, aged 85 years. He was an old resident of the county. |
| John Strohawer – John Strohawer died at his home in Almer township, March 1, 1893. He was born at Darnstadt, Germany, April 15, 1837, and had been a resident of the county since 1852. He enlisted in Company C, Eighth Michigan Infantry, August 1862. |
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