Michigan Pioneer & Historical Collections Vol. 26, 1894-95 |
| 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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| Died in Vassar Township June 24, 1893, Mary A. Bratt aged 77 years; a resident of county for 30 years. |
| Died, at Vassar, August 11, 1893, James Hammant, a native of Lincolnshire, England; born June 18, 1831; resident of county since 1862. |
| Died, at Caro, August 13, 1893, Marvin B. Gibbs, aged 54 years;
resident of county since 1855.
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| Died, in town of Indian Fields, September 18, 1893, Mrs. Wm. Lamb, nee Marion E. Hunt, formerly a resident of Macon, Lenawee County, where her remains were deposited; a resident of Michigan for 42 years. |
| Died, at Fairgrove, October 14, 1893, Luther Johnson, aged 45 years; resident of county 28 years. |
| Died, at Tuscola village, October 16, 1893, Jerusha A. Harrison,
wife of John V. Harrison, and daughter of Calvin and Diedama Lee, born in Barry, Orleans
County, N. Y., in 1823. Death occurred by her clothes taking fire. She barely escaped
death a year previously from same cause. Taught the first district school organized in the
county. A veritable pioneer.
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| Died, at Caro, September 30, 1893, Will B. White, of heart failure; born at Ellington, Tuscola County, October 18, 1863. |
| Died, at Caro, Friday, October 20, 1893, Lauretta Cooper, daughter of Wm. Cooper. |
| Died, at Caro, Friday, October 20, 1893, Rich R. Wright, aged 78
years; born at Whitehall, N. Y., December 29, 1815; resident of the county since 1869.
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| Died, at Cass City, Friday, November 10, 1893, aged 60 years, Sylvester Ale; born at Pleasanttown, Pa., October 25, 1833; resident of the county since 1861. |
| Died, at Vassar, November 28, 1893, Thomas Duncan; born in Ireland in 1826; resident of Tuscola County 38 years; for many years a county superintendent of the poor. |
| Died, in Vassar Township, December 11, 1893, Peleg Potter, aged 71
years, for 35 years a resident of the county; a notably honest and industrious citizen;
born in Orleans County, N. Y., in 1822.
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| Died, in Gilford Township December 23, 1893, Mrs. Ellen Young, at the home of her son, W. J. Young, aged 91 years and 8 months. |
| Died, at Caro, December 23, 1893 Franklin A. Goodell; born April 16, 1842, in the state of New York; settled in Michigan in 1866; enlisted at age of 15 in Company B of the 75th New York Volunteer Infantry; lost a leg in the service; was formerly treasurer of Tuscola county. |
| Died, in town of Almer, December 29, 1893, Walter Stogeboom, aged 53
years; resident of the county 27 years.
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| Died, at Caro, Friday, January 5, 1894, John C. Riley, aged 37 years. |
| Died, in the town of Gilford, Friday, January 12, 1894, from heart trouble, Nelson Orr, aged 78 years; one of Gilford’s pioneers and highly respected citizens. |
| Died, in town of Indian Fields, Saturday, January 20, 1894, Mrs.
Rufus Huntley, aged 70 years; resident since 1868.
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| Died, at Vassar, Thursday, January 25, 1894, aged 87 years, Nathan L. Reed, of la grippe; born in Orleans County, N. Y., in 1807; resident of Tuscola county for 27 years. |
| Died, at Tuscola, February 15, 1894, aged 32 years, Ocel H. Slafter, a native of Tuscola County. |
| Died, at Caro, February 20, 1894, Daniel Pillsbury aged 74 years.
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| Died, at Tuscola, February 15, 1894, Samuel Bliss, of pneumonia, aged 63 years; resident of the county since 1860. |
| Died, at Vassar, March 31, 1894, Cornelius VanWormer, aged 70 years resident since 1854. |
| Died, at Tuscola, Friday, May 25, 1894, aged 62 years, Peter S. Baldwin; born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y.; located in this county in 1846, a member of the masonic and odd fellows associations. |
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