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Volume XII

Dec. 30, 1899

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[Page 530] -      HIRAM ABBOTT was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1818, and came to Wakeman in 1836, and lived there until his death May 29, 1899.  He married Charlotte Knickerbocker in 1840. PORTRAIT OF WM. A. ADAMS at Eight Years of Age.      WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ADAMS was born in Huron, Erie county (then Huron county), Ohio, Feb. 24, 1818, one of the five children of Seth Allen and Rhoda Mowry Adams, who came from New York state and settled in Huron a short time previous to the birth of the subject of this sketch.  The country was new [Page 531] - and the young man was brought up inured to all the hardships of the pioneers.      William A. Adams lived on the farm until 1866, when he sold out and moved to Hudson to educate his children.  He married Caroline Stuart in 1844, and of their four children, Allen S., residing at Kansas City, is the only survivor.  The wife's death occurred in 1866, at the home of Luke Stowe in the old neighborhood, the family being on their way to Milan for the usual Thanksgiving reunion.      This changed the plans of the family, and while the son remained in college the father and daughter were with relatives in Milan until 1868, when Mr. Adams married Mrs. S. L. Mowry, at Norwalk, O., and at once moved to Clarksfield, Huron county, where he bought a large farm and resided upon it for fourteen years, until 1882.  He then moved to Michigan, living in the little city of Eaton Rapids until his death, which occurred on Thursday, Feb. 16, 1899.  The remains were taken to Ohio, where the interment took place near his birth-place, on Tuesday, February 21st.  He is survived by the widow and one son and five grandchildren.  Allen S. Adams married Rose Stiles, of Clarksfield, daughter of ex-County Commissioner W. W. Stiles.   They have living at their home in Kansas City, Kansas, one daughter and one son.  Martha M. Adams married Murray Stiles, son of W. W. Stiles.  She and her husband moved to Kansas City, where both died, leaving two sons and one daughter.  One daughter, Bessie, born to him by his second wife, died in 1893 and was taken to Milan for burial.      CHARLES KELLOGG ADAMS, was born in Fairfield township Sept. 28, 1826.  In 1850 he married Martha W. Smith.  He died in Fairfield township, where his whole life was spent, Mar. 1, 1899.      ALVIN ANDERSON was born in the state of New York July 28, 1800.  His parents were of Scotch origin.  In 1820 he married Harriet Baldwin, of Newark, N. J.  In 1838 they settled on a farm east of Bellevue.  The wife died in 1882 and the husband in 1893.  He gave freely of his means to churches and colleges.      RACHEL AUGUSTA ANDREWS, wife of Dr. Benjamin Andrews, died Saturday afternoon, June 10, 1899.  Funeral services were held at her late residence, 227 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn, Tuesday, June 13th, at 4 o'clock p m. and the remains interred at the Green's Farms, Connecticut, Wednesday morning, on arrival of the 10:04 train from New York.  Mrs. Andrews was a lady well known and highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends in this community, being the oldest daughter of the late Judge [Page 532] - Ebenezer Andrews, a prominent Milan operator during the years of her greatest business activity.      SALINA HARDY ANDREWS, daughter of William and Prudence Hardy, was born in the town of Berlin, Oct. 21, 1844; was married to Emerson Andrews, Oct. 15, 1866; died Sept. 9, 1899, aged 54 years, 10 months and 19 days.  Three sons were born to them, William, Albert and Beston, two of which, with the husband and two grand-children, survive her to mourn her loss.  With the exception of three years her life was spent in Berlin township.      DENNIS ASHLEY was a son of Luther Ashley and Eunice Smith, and was born at Deerfield, Mass., Jan. 30, 1810. Luther Ashley was a son of James Ashley, who was descended from Robert Ashley, who came from England to Massachusetts about 1630.  Dennis Ashley married Lurany Bliss in 1830.  He had come to Greenfield township with his parents in 1817.  He died at his home in Greenfield Sept. 27, 1892.      FANNY BAKER was a daughter of Rodney and Emily Baker, and was born at Olena, O., Mar. 15, 1838.  In 1858 she was married to Charles Reuben Leggett. Her home was at Norwalk and she died June 6, 1899.      MRS. SARAH S. BAKER was born in Wayne county, O., in 1823, and came to Norwalk in 1832.  She was married to William Baker in 1860, and they lived in Norwalk for many years.  They moved to Delta, O., in 1882, where she died in 1899.      JOSEPH S. BARNUM was a son of Ebenezer M. Barnum and Betsy Nickerson, and was born in Clarksfield, Feb. 8, 1823.  In 1845 he was married to Sally Bacon, of Ripley township.  In 1853 they moved to Missouri, where he died in 1899.  His parents came to Clarksfield in 1819.      JOHN B. BAUMEISTER passed away Sept. 11, 1899.  He was one of the oldest citizens of Sandusky.  His wife died nine years ago, but five sons survive him.  They are John, Otto, Frank and Albert of this city, and Cornelius of St. Joseph, Mo.  Mr. Baumeister was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, June 23, 1818.  He spent his youth there, and served three years in the Bavarian army, being honorably discharged in 1847.  In 1848 he came to America, and spent one year in Canada.  The following year he came to Sandusky and for fifty years had lived here.  Shortly after coming here, the terrible cholera epidemic broke out, but though Mr. Baumeister stayed here, and nursed many sick people, he was not stricken with the disease.  At the out- break of the war, he enlisted as a musician with Charles Baetz [Page 533] - and Cornelius Schnaitter.  Afterwards he engaged in the tailoring business, and made army uniforms for officers who were stationed at Johnson's Island.      MARTIN BEEBE was a son of George Beebe, who emigrated from Massachusetts to Michigan at an early day.  He was born in Lenawee county, Mich., in 1836.  He went with his parents from Michigan to Norwich township in 1840.  In 1865 he was married to Mary L. Barret, of Clarksfield. He studied medicine and practiced at Wakeman and Oberlin, and in 1869 moved to Clarksfield, where he carried on a farm and practiced his profession until his death in 1890.      STEWART E. BELL     [Page 534] -        MRS. MARY LOCKWOOD BENEDICT   [Page 535] - Peters, of N. Y. city; Elizabeth Betts now Mrs. Mead, N. Y. city; Helen M. now Mrs. Todd, of N. Y. city.        JOHN BLANCHARD, for nine years editor-in-chief of the Minneapolis "Times," died this morning, September 12, aged 57 years.  He was born in Sandusky, O.  In 1841, he came west, locating at Monticello, Iowa, where he published the Monticello "Express" for 13 years.  In 1884 he become editor-in-chief of the Dubuque " Times " and served a terra as state oil inspector under Governor Larabee.  In 1889 he came to Minneapolis, and in the following year became editor of the Minneapolis " Times, " which position he held at the time of his death.      J. D. BRADISH was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Mar. 24, 1826.  Both parents died when he was young and he lived with his grandparents.  In 1830 they came to Milan and lived there a few years, then moved to Kenton, Ohio.  In 1844 he came to New London township and learned the trade of blacksmith at Barrett's Corners.  In 1847 he married Margaret Gifford, of Clarksfield, and they lived at Berlinville for five years, then came to Clarksfield, where he died Oct. 17, 1898.  His widow and three children, Mrs. Nettie Hastings, Mrs. Abby Pool and E. J. Bradish, survive him.      JOHN BOOK      JOHN BUCKINGHAM (w/portraits of John & Sarah Buckingham)   [Page 536] -        ELIZABETH BUCKINGHAM (w/portrait)      ALLEN LINDSLELY BUCKINGHAM   [Page 537] -      JANE RUSSELL BURN      ELIZABETH H. CARL      ELIZA CASE      JOHN J. CLARK      GEORGE W. CLAREY   [Page 538] -        DORCAS CLAWSON      MRS. HARRIET CASE   [Page 539] -      E. H. CURTISS      HULDA F. DAVIS was a daughter of James Ford and Lucy Rumsey and was born in Bronson township, Sept. 27, 1838.  In 1869 she was married to Benjamin Davis, who died in 1878.  Her home was in Fairfield township and her death occurred July 12, 1899.      JANE McCANN DELAMATER was a daughter of John McCaun and Elizabeth Crapsey and was born in Clinton, Dutchess county, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1811.  In 1833 she was married to Benjamin Delamater and they came to the Firelands in 1837.  She died in Norwalk, June 30, 1899.      MRS. SARAH DELMATER was born in Fayette, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1808.  In 1826 she was married to Leonard Delamater and they lived in Fayette, N. Y., until 1835, when they moved to Erie county, O.  In 1848 they moved to Norwalk township.  She died in Norwalk Jan. 23, 1899.  Her husband died in 1874.      JANE DENMAN was a daughter of Joseph and Adeline Archer and was born in New York city May 3, 1826, and came to Florence township with her parents in 1837.  In 1847 she was married to Edward Denman, of Florence.  She died at her home in Wakeman township June 16, 1899.      WILLIAM DENMAN was a son of John Denman and Marinda Blackman and was born in Florence township Aug. 10, 1822.  In 1853 he was married to Cordelia Hough and after her death he married Julia Partello in 1869.  He died in 1892.  His father came on foot from New York state to Florence in 1816.      JOSEPH EDDY, was born in Chatham, Conn., September, 1815, and died in Perkins township, Erie county, O., May 3, 1898.  He was the son of Roswell and Hannah Eddy, and was two years old when his parents located in Erie county on lands in Perkins township, where he lived on the same lands, the old homestead farm, for over eighty-one years, and by industry and economy accumulated a comfortable competence.  He was married in 1841 to Caroline Akins, who died in 1883.  They had three children, all girls, the first born dying at the age of six years.  The other two survived him, one being Mrs. Truman B. Taylor and the other Mrs. Frank A. Akins, both residents of Perkins township, the latter residing on the old homestead farm. [Page 540] -      LYDIA ELLIS was a daughter of Elihu and Sarah Ells and was born in Harpersfield, N. Y., July 6, 1819.  She came to the Firelands in 1836 and in 1838 was married to Homer T. Smith.  She died at her home in North Fairfield, Oct. 18, 1898.  She was a school teacher in early life and many of the early settlers in Fairfield township, who are yet living, remember her as their teacher.      CATHARINE FOSTER   [Page 541] -      CLARISSA BENEDICT GALLUP (w/Portrait)   [Page 542] -      STEPHEN M. FULLER      DAVID GIBBS   [Page 543] -  - David Gibbs - 543 - (Portrait)   [Page 544] -  (Drawing of Building built by Abijah Comstock)   [Page 545] - (Portrait of Mrs. Mary Lockwood Benedict, Mrs. Elizabeth Lockwood Gibbs & Mrs. Esther Lockwood Saunders - Sisters of Henry, Ralph & George Lockwood) - 545   [Page 546] -      DESCENDANTS OF DAVID GIBBS AND ELIZABETH LOCKWOOD, of Norwalk, Ohio, 1816      David Gibbs, born June 14, 1788; died Mar. 16, 1840; married May 20, 1810, Elizabeth Lockwood, born Mar. 24, 1791; died Oct. 4, 1873. CHILDREN II GENERATION      1. Eliza Lockwood Gibbs, born Feb. 16, 1811; married, September 1835, Pruden Alling.      2. David Gibbs, died 1816, in infancy.      3. David Gibbs, Jr., born Jan. 12, 1817, died Apr. 6, 1897; married Apr. 10, 1843, Eliza Bacon, born June 11, 1820, died Feb. 2, 1899.      4. Roswell Gibbs, born Dec. 2, 1818, died July 30, 1880; married Aug. 27, 1850, Mary Jay, born April, 1833.      5. Charles Gibbs, born Oct. 25, 1820; died May 15, 1896; married Mar. 1, 1849, Lavinia Campbell.      6. James Burnett Gibbs, born May 21, 1822; died Aug. 3, 1850.      7. Ralph Marvin Gibbs, born July 1, 1824; died Aug. 16, 1854; married Apr. 22, 1846, Mary Higgins.      8. Mary Louise Gibbs, born Apr. 6, 1831; died Nov. 28. 1832.      9. Sarah Louise Gibbs, born Sept. 7, 1835; married Augustus Mowry, Sept. 7, 1857, died Aug. 10, 1859; married Wm. A. Adams, died Feb. 16, 1899. CHILDREN III GENERATION. (1. Eliza Lockwood Gibbs Alling.)      10. William G. Alling, born June 15, 1836; married Apr. 10, 1867, Lettie Spore.      11. Charles P. Alling, born Feb. 19, 1838; married Mar. 10, 1863, Ruhama Wakeman.      12. David G. Alling, born Jan. 8, 1842; died May 3, 1899 ; married May 4, 1869, Juliette Coleman.      13. Elizabeth Alling, born Sept. 8, 1843; married Jan. 21, 1864, Theodore C. Laylin.      14. Mary P. Alling, born June 14, 1845.      15. Jane M. Alling, born Dec. 10, 1848; married Oct. 2, 1873, E. J. Smith.      16. Sarah E. Alling, born Apr. 13, 1851; married Mar. 10, 1887, J. E. Cleveland.      17. Stephen Cory Alling, born Jan. 5, 1853; died Feb. 10, 1876. [Page 547] - (3. David Gibbs, Jr.)      18. Elizabeth Gibbs, born July 16, 1844; married Nov. 17, 1862, Frederick Tyler.      19. Henry Bascom Gibbs, born Apr. 30, 1847; married November, 1870, Mary Louise Smith.      20. David Gibbs, born Aug. 21, 1851.      21. Francis Lockwood Gibbs, born July 1, 1853; married December, 1875, Emma Brigham, died March, 1885; married Grace Jackson.      22. Susan Bacon Gibbs, born August 7, 1857; married Aug. 2, 1876, Fowler A. Seaman. CHILDREN III GENERATION. (4. Roswell Gibbs.)      23. Thomas Jay Gibbs, born May 31, 1851; married June 30, 1881, Anna Reed.      24. Louise Gibbs, born Sept. 6, 1853; died Aug. 28, 1871.      25. Clara Gibbs, born April 10, 1855; married, 1878, Millard F. Smith.      26. Wm. Roswell Gibbs, born Sept. 20, 1859; married Oct. 21, 1880, Emma Skinner, died June 16, 1890.      27. Ralph Lockwood Gibbs, born Dec. 22, 1867 ; died Apr. 18, 1873.      28. Elizabeth Gibbs, born July 18, 1876; died July 10, 1879. CHILDREN III GENERATION. (5. Charles Gibbs.)      29. Emma Gibbs, born April, 1858; died April, 1874. CHILDREN III. GENERATION. (7. Ralph Marvin Gibbs.)      30. Charlotte Townsend Gibbs, born Mar. 13, 1847.      31. Cecilia Elizabeth Gibbs, born Dec. 3, 1848.      32. James Gilbert Gibbs, born Aug. 7, 1852; married June 30, 1880, Caroline Lovell Wickham.      33. Mary Farr Gibbs, born Aug. 8, 1854. [Page 548] -     [Page 549] -   [Page 550] -          CAPT. DAVID GIBBS died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home in LeMars, Iowa, where he has lived the past thirty years engaged in the banking business.  He was in his eighty-first year and was born in Norwalk, Ohio, in 1817, his birth being the first recorded *in this township. His father, Capt. David Gibbs, Sr., was one of Norwalk's original settlers and was clerk of the courts up to his death in 1840.      The younger Capt. David Gibbs was deputy county clerk for many years.  He afterward lived in Dayton, Lima, Elmore, and other Ohio towns, removing to Iowa some thirty years ago.  He married in 1843 Miss Eliza Bacon of Dayton, who survives him.  He leaves also five children, Mrs. Lizzie Tyler, Mrs. Susan Seamans, and Messrs. Henry, David and Frank Gibbs.  Capt. Gibbs was a veteran ot the late war, serving in command of a company in the 21st O. V. I.  He was the oldest of five brothers, all well known in Norwalk fifty years ago, and was the last survivor, viz., Capt. David Gibbs, just deceased; Roswell Gibbs, formerly of Troy, Ohio; Rev. Charles Gibbs, graduate of Kenyon ---------------  * Before the days of official records of births and deaths, Thomas, son of Abjiah Comstock was born on the John Randolph farm in section 2 of Norwalk on Dec. 12, 1812.—[Ed. [Page 551] - College and of Yale theological seminary, Congregational minster, last charge Cedar Falls, Iowa; Rev. James B. Gibbs, graduate of Yale college and Yale theological seminary, died soon after graduating, aged 28 years; Ralph M. Gibbs, died of cholera in Norwalk, 1854, aged 30 years; father of James G. Gibbs.  Two sisters are all that are left of the original family circle; Mrs. Eliza L. Alling, of East Main street, who is now 86; and Mrs. Captain David Gibbs - 551 (Portrait) Louise Adams, of Eaton Rapids, Mich.  Four of the brothers are survived by widows; the other brother, Rev. James B. Gibbs, was not married.      His last visit to his birth-place was in the fall of 1893, spending several days renewing acquaintances with many old friends of his younger days and, as he repeated many times, he never enjoyed a visit more than that one.  The Sprague Umbrella works interested him greatly, as the factor is located on the farm where he was born and where he grew up to man- [Page 552] - hood.  One by one the men identified with Norwalk's early years have passed away until scarcely any are left; but are members of such honorable and useful pioneers as Capt. David Gibbs ___ long remain as an inspiration to the generations that come a ___ them. - Reflector, April 8, 1897      EPHRAIM GRIDLEY      HENRY C. HALLADAY      MRS. MARY HAMILTON      CLARISSA HAND      HENRIETTA HASKINS      JOHN A. HETTLE        [Page 553] -      LUCINDA HILDRETH HESTER w/ Portraits of Martin Hester & Mary Stough Hester      DR. G. S. HILL   [Page 554] -        NORMAN A. HINE      BENJAMIN H. HINKLEY      PETER HOHLER      MRS. HANNAH M. HOWE      JASON LESTER HUDSON      WILBER F. JEFFERSON      JAMES CLARK JUDSON   [Page 555] -        REUBEN JUNE      ELIZA L. KNAPP      WILLIAM V. LATHAM      CALISTA LAWRENCE      GEORGE LAWRENCE     [Page 556] -        PHILANDER H. LEWIS      MRS. ELVIRA (HACKETT) mcCONNELL      ROGER McDONALD      JUDGE JOHN MACKEY   [Page 557] -        HENRY LOCKWOOD w/ PORTRAIT      MRS. HENRY LOCKWOOD (MISS AMELIA CHICHESTER) w/ portrait   [Page 558] -        PAUL B. MEAD      WILLIAM G. MEADE      ANDREW MILLER      BENJAMIN MOORE      ROSANNA MOREHOUSE      ADAM MONTGOMERY   [Page 559] -        EDWARD MULLOWNEY      LUCIEN NOBLES      MARCIA NOBLES      MARGARET (DEWITT) OLCOTT      DR. HENRY W. OWEN      LOUISA HILDRETH OWEN      MARTHA MARK   [Page 560] -        WILCOME O. PARKER      FREDERICK H. PATCH      ALVAH M. PECK      REBECCA PHILLIPS      ARTHUR PHINNEY, A. M. [Page 561] -        SARAH E. BELL PHINNEY      JACKSON N. PHINNEY      AMELIA A. PLACE      PHILO PORTER      DANIEL PROSSER      ORRIN RICE     [Page 562] -        JOHN W. ROORBACK      ASHER F. ROWLAND      LOREN W. RUMSEY      REV. STEPHEN SANDERS      ESTHER LOCKWOOD SANDERS      ELIZA SAVAGE     [Page 563] -        EXPERIENCE SCOTT      MRS. HANNAH SEARS      ELIZA SELOVER      REV. SILAS D. SEYMOUR      DAVID SMITH   [Page 564] -      WILLIAM T. SMITH      MRS. MARY SPRAGUE      JOHN L. SPURRIER      MRS. DELIA STAPLETON      WILLIAM K. STARR      HIRAM P. STARR was a son of Perez Starr and Nancy Randall.  He was descended from Dr. Comfort Starr, who came from England to Boston soon after the settlement of that city.  Perez and his brother, Thomas, came to Ohio in 1810, and Perez settled in Birmingham in 1817.  Hiram was born there Oct. 10, 1822, and died there May 12, 1897.  In 1856 he married [Page 565] - Ann Jane Page, and after her death, Mrs. Charlotte Jenkins, in 1872.  She died and he married Amaretta Norton.  See "Firelands Pioneer," N. S. Vol. X, page 147      JONATHAN HOYT STERLING was a son of Nathaniel and Polly Sterling and was born in Fairfield county, Conn., Aug. 8, 1808.  In 1836 he married Mary Ann Smith of Onandaga county, N. Y., and they came to Ripley township the same year, but moved to Fairfield township in 1839.  He died June 4, 1899, his wife having died in 1888.      ABBY N. S. STEWART.  Abby Newell Simmons was born at Greenfield township, Huron county, Ohio, on Jan. 20, 1832, PORTRAIT of Abby N. S. Stewart and was the only daughter of Harlon E. and Anna Ide Simmons, early settlers and leading pioneers of that township.  She was married to Gideon T. Stewart at Greenfield, on Mar. 30, 1857, and died at her residence in Norwalk, on Feb. 12, 1899, leaving her husband, four children—Charles H. Stewart of [Page 566] - Cleveland, Mary Abby, Harlon L., and George S. Stewart of Norwalk—and her brother, Alonzo L. Simmons of Fairfield township, surviving her.      The Cleveland Leader correspondent then wrote of her:      " Mrs. Stewart was one of the best known women in the city, and she was especially known because of her kindness to the poor.  Her whole life was devoted to the cause of charity and good deeds.  Her interest in the young people was very strong and by them she was greatly beloved."      Another correspondent wrote:      "Especially will she be missed and mourned by the young people.  The writer's memory goes back to his boyhood days, and he recalls with pleasant thought the many happy hours spent as one of the neighbors' children, in the house over which this good mother presided with so much gentleness, so much cheerfulness, so much love and affection.  There were always a pleasant smile and a kind word of welcome for every boy and girl who congregated there on play days, and a deep interest was taken in all their games.  The latch string was always out for the young lads and misses, and they were given free rein to romp at will all over the spacious home from attic to basement and from larder to parlor.  No noise or confusion could ruffle the gentleness of the mother of the household—she enjoyed it as much as did the children.  Those who were wont to gather there on those occasions learned as children to love and admire her, and as men and women they have looked up to her with veneration.  All who knew her will remember her with great reverence, but to the younger generation will her memory be  most dear. "      She was s in her youth a good pianist and vocalist, very social in her home welcomes, fond of reading and intelligent in her studies and opinions.  She took part in the famous Woman's Temperance Crusade of 1874, and was a founder of the Norwalk Christian Temperance Union, which until her death, held its meetings in her parlors.      SARAH DIANA STILES was a daughter of David Tyler and Sally Post and was born at Hector N. Y., Apr. 20, 1825; she came to Sandusky with her parents in 1833 and to Clarksfield the next year.  In 1843 she was married to William Stiles, of Clarksfield and they lived in Clarksfield, where she died Feb. 23, 1899.  Her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Rose Adams and Mrs. Retta Spurrier, and a son, Vernon E., survive her.      MARANDA CHERRY STRICKLAND was born in Cambridge, Pa., in March, 1830, and came to Huron county with her parents in [Page 567] - 1834.  In 1853 she was married to J. R. Strickland and they lived in Norwalk for thirty years.  She died Jan. 25, 1899.      DENNIS G. TAYLOR      PHOEBE A. WRIGHT TAYLOR      HIRAM L. TOOKER      IRA S. TOWNSEND was a son of Hosea Townsend, who came to Huron county in 1816, and Sophia Case, and was born in New London township June 14, 1831.  In 1855 he married Mary [Page 568] - M. Ward and after her death he married Ellen Ward.  He died at his home in Fitchville Sept.12, 1893.      PHILIP UPP      ALFRED F. WASHBURN was born in Wakeman February, 1840, and died at his home in Oklahoma territory Dec. 24, 1898.      MRS. HARRIET MORSE WEBSTER      JOHN F. WEEKS      MARIETTA WEEKS      THOMAS THORN WEEKS     [Page 569] - Kipton, O., Miss Mattie Weeks of Oberlin and Miss Emma Weeks of Waterbury, Conn.      ELISHA WHITTLESEY      CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. WILDMAN   [Page 570] -     [Page 571] -     [Page 572] -    - Hon. John A. Williamson 572 (w/portrait)   [Page 573] -        MARY J. WILSON was a daughter of Joseph French and Janette Selton, and was born in Wakeman township Aug. 27, 1830.  In 1852 she was married to Henry H. Wilson. She died at her home in Wakeman Feb. 1, 1899.      CHAUNCEY WOODRUFF      DR. AMOS WOODWARD   [Page 574] -      GARDINER YOUNG

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