Plat book of Huron County, Michigan : also patron's business and general farmer's directory of Huron Co. Mich. with biographical sketches / compiled and drawn from personal observations and the county records by E. B. Foote and corps of assistants.

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BIOGRPIS

1855, in Perth County, Ontario, Canada. He grew
to manhood and received a comm-on school education at the old homestead in Canada, and emigrated
to Verona Township, Huron County, Mich., in
March, 1882, and -settled in section 12. Married
Eve Viola Pugh, who is a daughter of Daniel
Pugh. She is a native of On-tario, Canada. They
have six children: Harry, 19; Fey, 16; Druit, 14;
Vida,, 11; Rex, 6, and Dorothea, 1.
CAPLING, JOHN. The son of Thomas and Elizabe~th
Capling. Born in Perth County, Canada, April
26, 1838. Was 'brought up on the farm and was
engaged in farming in Canada, and emigrated to
the United States, coming to Huron County, and
settling in the town -of Verona in the spring of 1882,
where he has since. resided. Was married in Perth
County, Canada, to Augu~sta 'Siebert, whose parents
were natives ýof Prussia, on April 9, 1860. There
are six children: Lewis, living in Saginaw; Samuel,
living in Lincoln T-ownship; A daline, married Win.
ýClark and is living in Bad Axe; Alfred and Anna,
living at home; Wesley at h~ome. Their home is
situated 61/2 miles n~ortheast of Bad Axe.
CAPLING, THOMAS. The son of Thomas and Ann
Elizabeth Capling. His f ather was a native ýof
Sussex, England, and his mother of Germany. His
fath-er emigrated from England. to Stratford, Canada, in 1814, and was married in Perth County,
Canada, and, the family was composed of 11 children, seven boys and four girls, of which the auth-or
of this sketch was the sixth son. His father died
in Canada at the ripe old age;of 84. His mother
is still a resident of the same town and county in
'Canada and is 84 'years of age. His wife, Salamine,
was the sec-ond child, and was born in Oxford
County, Canada, March 2, 1853. They were married
in Oxford- County, Canada, March 24, 1871, and
family-is compodsed of seven children, of -whom five
are living: Clara, 32 years old, married to Geo.
Thornton, and resides in Bloomfield Township,
Huron Counrty; Edward, who is 25 years of age;
Ann, who is deceased; Carrie L., who is 22, and
married to Frank Lester, and resides in ýSigel Town-ship; Walter, who is 1-9; Odella, who is 14. Their
home is seven miles east -of Bad Axe.
CO--WPER, MAJOR. Born Aug. 15, 1845. The son of
Charles Cowtper and Elizabeth Noithan iCowper, wh~o
were natives of England. He received- his education in the' common schools of England and came
to the TUhited Stadtes at the age of 14 years. He
entered the union army during the civil war, and
wits in battles of Pebbles Farm, Gettysburg, battle
of the Wilderness, before Richmond, Natchez, south
si.de railroad and others. Af ter the battle or
Natchez he was promoted to c-orporal for gallantry,
a nd' la ter, after ýthe 'battle of City P'oint, on' June.
1864,. he was c~ommissioned Major. Received his
discharge in June, 1865, and was granted a pension
at that time. Re' served in the 16th Michigan Infantry, Company G, in the Fifth Army Corps and
the Third Division. In Nov., 1869, 'he married Miss
Rachel Godges, who was born in Sand Beach
Towvnship, Huron County, Mich. Mr. Cowper has
been in business in Huron County for many years,
and was for a number of years pr~oprietor -of theý
Half-Way house on the 'State road 'between Bad
Axe and Sand Beach, and is well and favorably

'is a graduate of Verona Mills school and resides at
home; May, born Dec. 6, 1889, and living at home;
Herman, 'born Jan. 8, 1892, deceased. Th~ose of 'the
children wh'o are deceased are laid to rest in the
Verona cemetery.
CLARK, JOHN. He is the son of William D. and Caroline Clark. Father wvas a native of England; mother
was also a native of England. Mother and father
e'migrated to 'the United States in 1830, locating
first in Detroit and later in Oakland C-ounty, Mich.,
and following this purchased a farm in Troy Township. Father died in Oakland C-ounty, Mich., at
agp of 55 years. Mother is 89 years old and resides in Detroit.. The author -of this sketch is 'the
f ourth child of a family of five. He grew to manhood in and attended the common schools of Oakland County, Mich. Was manufacturer of stave
and, heading and flour mill operator in the village.of 'Clawson, Oakland County. Married Edith White
in Royal Oak Township, Oakland County, on May
7, 1874. She was daught~er of William and Mary
White, and born Nov. 11, 1854. The author of this
sketch was born Aug. 22, 1848. They came to Verona Township, Huron County, in 1884, and locateoi
on section 2. They have three children: William
G., born April 7, 1875; John H-oward, born June 5,
1878, and Mabel 1., born Dec. 18, 1884. Their home
is seven miles northeast of Bad Axe. Mr. Clark, at
the age of 17, enlisted in the 22d Michigan Infantry,
and after the war formed a partnership with H. J.r
B13owers. of Clawson for the manufacture of staves
and heading, flour and feed.
CUTLER, JO-HN L. Son of Deane P. Cutler, born in
Vermont in 1843, and Mary (Pangborn) Cutler,
born in 1842, who was a native of Canada. Born in
Verona Township, Hur~on County, on 'his father's
farm. Grew to manhood in Verona and received
his education in the common schools of. Huron
county. Follows farming as an occupation and
lives on -the farm where he was born. He was the
oldest of. five children.
DUNCAN, J. H. Father was John Duncan and mother
was Martha (Sutherland) Duncan, hoth of 'whom
were natives of Scotland. The subject of this
sketch was born in Montreal, Canada, and came to
Veroh'a Township, Huron County, in 1857, with his
pgrents. He is selif-educated and 'has been engaged
in 'the meat business and as a sailor. Mr. Duncan
served in the union army during the civil war, and
was with Sherman on his march to the sea. Married Miss Kate Bailey, who was a native of Canada,
in the fall of 1875. There are six children: Robert,.who is 28 years old; W. John, who is 2 5 years
old; Fred, w'ho is 15 years old; Elizabeth, who
is 23 years old; Katie, who is 20 years ýold, and

Mabel, who is 18 years old. Their home is pleasantly situated four miles northeasterly from Bad
Axe.
DUNLAP, JOHN S. Father was John H. Dunlap, who
was 'born in Wayne County, N. Y., July 13, 1829;
mother was Aurelia Risley (Dunlap), also 'born in
Wayne 'County, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1833. The 'subject of
this sketch was born in Wayne County, N. Y., May
24,, 1857, and grew to manhood and received his
education in New York state. Married Miss M.- A.
Siegler in Oswego, N. V. She was born in'-Oswego,
N. V., May 10, 1858. There are six children in
the family. Mary Janette, wh~o is Z5 and birthday
March 2; George, who is 20 and birthday March
21; Albert, 16 years old, and his birthday on Sept.
18; John, who is 14 years old, and birthday April 8;
Frank, 10 years old, and whose birthday is Sept.
24th; Ida May, 7 years old, and whose birthday
is May 25th. Settled their present home in March,
1873, which is pleasantly located four miles from'
Bad Axe.
HERRINGTON, IRVING S. Born April 12, 1858. Son
of G. H. Herrington,. a native' of Prince Edward
County, Ontario, and Mabel Morden (Herrington),
who is also a native of the same county. He. grew
to manhood and received -a common school education in Canada, and came to Grindstone City, Huron
County, Mich., in the fall -of 1890, and lIater in
1901, moved 'to Verona Township, where he n~ow
resides. Married Elizabeth Ludlow, who was born
in New York state in 1864, 'at Huron City. They
'have two children: Walter, who was born May 6,
1900, and Laura, who was born Sept. 6, 1902. Mr.
Herrington makes a specialty of. stock raising, and
has followed sailing, lumbering and farming. Their
home is pleasantly located three miles from Bad
Axe.
HUNT, JOHN. The son -of William and Fanny"Hunt,
natives of Massachusetts. Was born in Dane C~ounty, Wis., Jan. 27, 1852. When about one and onehalf years old his parents removed -to Oakland
County, Mich., where his mother died -on his sec'end birthday, after which he was cared for by
strangers, working on farms summers, as soon as
old enough, and attending school winters, doing
chores to pay for his board, finishing his education in the Oxford high school. Followed 'teaching
and carpenter work a number of years. In the
spring of 1878 came to Huron County, settling first
in Sigel Township. In 1883 he purchased a farm in
'section 24, Verona Township, where he has since
resided. Mr. Hunt was married in 1879 to Laura
Noble, the daughter of L.ý S. and Hanna~h Noble of
Oxford, Oakland C~ounty, Mich. They have two
children: Frank N., born in '1885, and Percy W.,
born in 1892. Mr. Hunt has always 'taken an active
interest in any movement looking to the advancement of Huron County; 'has been supervisor -of his
township, helped 'to organize. the Huron County
Farmers' Institute some years before it received
state aid, was its president a number of years,
'helped to organize the Farmers' Mutual Insurance
Co. of Huron County, and 'has been its president
for the last nine years; was president of the county
fa~ir association three years, and has taken a considerable part in the various farmers' organizations
of the county.

Harbor Beach) Fe'b. 7, 1851.' Son of J. and Miria.
Ludington, Jr. Father a native of Vermont and
mother of Ohio. Resided in and near Harh~or
Beach until 1864, when he moved to Verona Mills,
where he has since resided. Engaged in 'the lumber business with 'his father, and in the big forest
fire of 1871 their enti-re property was destroyed.
By industry and frugality they regained part of
their lost fortune, when the~ second grea't fire of
1881 came and wiped out their property again,
after which Mr. Ludington started a planing mill,
and has planed lumber for many of the buildings
in Bad Axe and vicinity, which the fire of 1881
failed to burn. He has seen Huron County's rapid
advancement since -the fire, and his mill is the oldest in the west part -of the coun'ty. Married Eliza
Brown in Spring of.1887. ýShe was a native of
Sigel -Township, Huron County, and is now 'deceased. There are two children: Alice May, 12
years of age, and Ethel, 10 years of age, who attend school.
NE EB, CONRAD. Son of Henry and Anna Catherine
Neeb, both of whom were natives of, Germany.
The subject of -this sketch was born May 10, 1860,
in Waterloo County, Ontario. He grew tov manhfood
and received his education in the schooi-s of his
native county in Canada. Came to Huron County
and settled his pre-sent home in the spring -of 1885.
Married Maggie Hinkel, daughter of John W. and
Helena Hinkel, both of Germany.. Has been a
tiller of the soil most of 'his life, and followed
painting and carpenter work for a short time aim,5.
T~hey have three children: John C., who is 9 years
old, and birthday May 31; Anna Catherine, who Is
6 years old, and whose birthday is Aug. 28th; Louis
Edward, who is 4 years old and 'his birthday May
3rd. Their home is located seven aria a, half milee
northeasterly from Bad Axe.
OSAN.TOSKI, JOHN. Born'.in Poland Dec. 11, 1869.
Emigrated in infancy to. this country with his
father's family. Married Nellie Wagner at Elkton
in 'the fall of 1893, who was born in Tower City in
1875. There are five children in 'the family: Susie
is 1 year old; William is 10 years old; Emma is 8
years old; Eddie is 6 years old; Martha is 3 years
old, and Lea is 1 year old. Their 'home is located
five miles from Bad Axe.,
PERLICH, H. Son of Charles a nd Mary Perlich, both
of whom were natives of Germany. Born in Germany Jan. 11, 1-856. He grew to manhood and
received his education in the common s~chools of
his na-tive country. Came to Huron County in
1882, and was employed -on the Pere Mar:quette
railroad for fifteen years, after which he purchased

'his present farm. His home is pleasantly situated
two miles from Bad Axe.
PETHERS, JOHN. Born in Kincardine, Ontario, April
2, 1850. Son of Frederick and Mary (Kovey)
Pethers. Father was a native of England and his
m~other of Ireland. He came to Verona Township at
-the age of 9 years, and was a residen't there during
the forest fires of 1861, 1871 and' 1881, and in the
fire of 1881 had considerable property destroyed.
Married Miss Catherine White nee Goodrich, born
in Colburn, Ontario, Feb. 12, 1854. There are five
children in the family: Jane, born Jan. 2, 1879, living in C-olfax Township, Huron -County; Frederick -Alexander, born Feb. 2, 1887, living in Ypsilanti, Mich.; Mary Ellen, born May 26, 1883, living
at home; John Jacob, born May 18, 1888, living
at home, and Hannah, born Nov. 30, 1890, going
to school. Their home is located five miles northeasterly from Bad Axe.
PFAFF, JOHN. Son of Geo. Pfaff.. Born in Heine,
Germany, in 1825, and Elizabeth (Holltsmath)
Pfaff, born in Baden, Germany, in 1830. The subject -of this sketch was born in Waterloo County,
Ontario, Canada, March 8, 1860, and received a
comm-on school education, and followed mil ling f or
22 years. Married Miss Mary Miller, July 8, 1899,
in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. She was
the daughter of Henry and Nellie Miller. There
were born to them 'two boys: Ernest Henry, who
was born July 20, 1891, and Clarence Adair, born
Oct. 25, 1897. The family live four miles southeast of Bad Axe.
PHILP, THOMAS JOHN. Father and mother were
natives of England, Was born April 11, 1845, in
'Hope Ontario. Came to Verona Township, Huro-n
County, in 1857. Was a resident of the county
during 'both of the big. forest fires, 'the fire of 1881
hurnling him completely out. Married Miss Hannah
'White, who was born in Goodrich, Ontario, in the.
'fall of 1867. The family of children are as follows:
Jane, Maria, Hattie, Martha, Edith, William S.,
John Thomas and Rtalph. Their home is pleasantly
situated three miles from Verona Mills and seven
miles from Bad Axe..PROCTER, ROB3ERT S. Born in CanadaJune 16,1859.
Father was William Procter, born in Ireland in
1819, and his mother was Julia, Shore,..a native of
Canada, and who died in 1857. He lived in Canada
until he was six years old, xvhen he camne with his
father's family to the United States. He resided
in Sanilac:County, Mich., until the fall of 18 91
when he came to Huron County and settled on
his present farm. Was married Dec. 25, 1884, in
'Sanulac County to Miss Hannah Rourke. She was
'born in Canada in 1843, and was the daughter of
Rodger and Mary Rourke. They have three chiNcdren; the two oldest children are twins, James
'and John, and are 19 years of age and reside at
home; Pearl is 15 years old and is attending
school. Their home is pleasantly located half a
mrile north of Bad Axe.
SCRIVER, GEO. L.-Born in Quebec, Canada, on Nov.
5, 1873. Was the first of a family of four children
of Charles F. and Ellen (Harvey) Scriver, who
were natives of 'Canada. 'Came 'to Huron County
with 'his parents in 1885. He resides with his

Rosie, aged 15; Bird, aged 14; Arthur, aged 13;
Lena, aged 10; Louis, aged 9;' Walter, aged 8;
Ali-ce, aged 7; Joseph, aged 5; Irene and Justine,
twins, aged 4; Lauretta, aged 2, and Jacob, infant.
Their 'home is pleasantly located two miles from
Bad Axe.
STEADMAN, ALBERT. Son of Robert and Mary Ann
Steadman, who were natives of Ireland. Father's
family was comp osed of twelve childrert, of which
the author of this sketch was the youngest. Was
born in Lampton County, Ontario, Canada, and was
brought up on a farm near the village of Wyoming.
Came to Huron County, Mich., June 19, 1889, and
settled in section 3, Verona Township, where lie has
since resided. Was married to Elizabeth Arnew,
who has since deceased, in his home county in
'Canada, and there were three children born to
them: George M., who is 24, and Wesley, who is
21. On June 5th he married Emma Andrus, daug~hter of Gee. and Sara~h Andrus, and there were eight
children in 'her father's family, of which she was
the eighth, and was born April 1st, 1864. There
were six children in this family, of whom five are
'living: William D., who is 14; Noble Clifford, who
is 12; Duncan Alden, 8 years old; Claude, 4 years
old; Baby Grace, 8 months old, and Irene. Mr.
Steadman was highway commissi oner f or two
years and was elected township treasurer In spring
of 1904.
SYMONS, RICHARD. Son' of Richard J. and Mary
(Revals) Symons, both of whom were natives of
England. Born May 24, 1858, at Cornwall, BEngland. Received a common school education in
England and engaged in mining. Came to the
United States in 1880, and to Verona Township,
Huron County, Mich., in the spring of 1896, and
settled on his presen-t farm. Married Miss Martha
Anna England, who is of English decent. They
have two children: William James, who is 17 years
old, and Carrie Etta, who is 15 years old. Their
holme is pleasantly situated three and one-half
miles north of Bad Axe.
THOMPSON, GEO. H. Son of Win. Thompson, who
was- born near Brock, Ontario, and Margaret
(O'Bryan) Thompson, who was born in Ireland.
The subject of this sketch was born in Verona
Township, Huron County, and is the sixth child
of a family of thirteen children. Was educated in
the public schools of the county and is a farmer.
Married Miss Minnie Stone, -Who was born at Huron
City, this county, and is daughter of S. and Celia
(Dingman) Stone. They were married in the fall
of 1901. They had one child, born May 2, 1892,
and died June 13, 1892, and which is laid to rest

in Verona cemetery. Their home is pleasantly located one mile and a half southeasterly from Bad
Axe.
THOMPSON, MICHAEL. Son of William Thompson,
wh~o was born near Brock, Ontario,' and Marga'ret
(O'Bryan) Th-ompson, -Who was born in Ireland.
The subject of -this sketch was born near Brook,
'Ontario, and came to Verona Township, Huron
Counity, Mich., in 'his childhood. Received his
education in the common schools here and worked
at stone work and farming. Married Miss Ida
Knapp Jan. 10, 1886. She died in the fall of 1890.
On June 11Y 1891, he was again married to Mrs.
Dora Knopt, wh~o is a daughter of J. L. Thompson
and a native of Illin-ois. They were married at
Dixon, Illinois. Mr. Th-ompson has traveled conside-rably. There are six children in the family:
Eva May is 17 years old; Harry Knapp is 16 years
old; Hazel is 12 years old; Emerson i 0yas
old; Norman is 7 years -old, and' Marie is 5 years
old. Their home is pleasantly located one mile
and three-quarters from Bad Axe.
WALLACE, JAMES 0. Father was a native of Ireland,.
and his m-other a, native of Canada. Born in Oxford County, Ontario, Nov. 30, 1859. Grew to manho~od and received hi-s ' education in his native
county in Canada.. Came to' Bad Axe, 'Huron
County, in the fall ýof 18,87, and settled his present
farm in th& spring of.1894. Married Roxanna
Cooper November 15, 1882; she was daughter of
William and Sarah (Mahoniey) Cooper,, her father
being a, native of England and her mother a ~native
of Canada, and was herself born in Oxford County,
Ontario. There are three children In the family:
Samuel D., -1-9 years, old; Charles Elmer,- 17'years
old, and Mana, 15 years old. Their 'hoemI les
antly situated one mile fr~om Bad Axe.
WALR-OD, GEORGE B. Son of Horatio N. Walrod'
and Sarah M. Curren Waired, both of whom were
naltives of New York state. He was the oldest of
two children, being born in New York state June
26, 1859. Came to Tuscola County in.-spring of
1871. Married Miss Lydia D. Allard,' who was
born in.~ New York -state. They have had three
children born to them: Grace, born July 15, 1880;
Nelson, July 1-9, 1885; Edward, born 'Sept. 17,
18 93. Moved to Huron County. spring. of 18 89. His
first wife died Oct. 10, 18.93. Married on June 6,
1894, Miss Ina Willett, who was born in Ohio.
They have had three children born to them:-Mabel,
'born June 10, 1895; Norma, born Aug. 17, 1896;
Edith, horn Dec.' 16, 1897. Mrs. Wairod takes
grealt pride in the breeding of barred Plymouth
Rock chickens anid Imperial Pekin. ducks. Their
home is pleasantly located four and a half miles
f rom Bad Axe.
WOODS, JAMES. Father was James Woods, a native
of England, and mother was Elizabeth Woods, a
native of Ontario. The author of this sketch was
born in the town of Blinen, Oxford County, Canada.
'Educated in the common schools and' came to
Verona Township, Huron County, Mich., in 1890.
They have one child, which"' was born Feb. 24,
1896. Mr. Weeds was the youn'gest of a fain

July 16, 1858. Married Margaret Hamilton, daughter ýof James and Hannah (Riley) Hamilton. Her
parents were natives of Ireland. There were born
to them nine children, six of whom are living.
BRITT, FRANK. Son of James H. and Maria (Ludington) Britt, father naltive of New ' Yo~rk and
mother of Canada. His father resi des in Virginia,
and his mother is dead and buried in Woods'teck,
Ontario, cemetery-. The subject of this sketch was
born in Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario,
Canada, on Aug. 4, '1862. Married Ettie M.- Miller,
daughter of Duncan and Emma (Emmick) Miller,
There are four children: Harvey E., Ralph F.,
James E., Charles R.CLIFF, JOHN. His falther was born in England Feb.
22, 1824, and his mother. was born in. Canada Aug.
20, 1831. The subject -of this 'sketch was horn in
'Canada May 26, 1856. Came to Michigan March
7, 18831 and -settled -his present. farm. Married
Addle Reader March.22, 1883. Her father was a
native of England and b~orn Jan. 9,. 1829; his
mother was -a native of Canada and. born May 4,
1836. 'Children are Mathilda, born Aug. 16, 1886;
Richard, born Oct. 1, 1893; Mary, 'born July 18,
1897; Eve-rett Earl, born Oct. 6, 1902.'
CONNELL, MAIRTIN. Son of John an d Eliza (Leonard)
'Connell, -natives of North Carolina. The subject of
this sketch was born in North Carolina on Jan. 18,
1874. Married Nora Quant, daughter of David
and Lavina (Lown) Quantf. There are ýthre e children: Lee, Eldie and Lavelle.
DOERR, JO1SEPH. Son of. John and Mary ' ('Gr~ose)
Doerr, natives of Germany, -Who emigrated to Ontario, 'Canada. The subject of this sketch was born
in Ontario, Canada, 'April 8, 1859. Married Alice
Russell May 7, 1866. She was daughater -of James
and Catherine Russell, native's'of. England. There
are three children: Frederick H., John' J., and
Clayton H.
ELLICOTT, HENRY. Son of George and Jane,(Burgess) Ellicott, natives of Devonshire, England. His
mother is dead and buried in England., The subject
ofi this sketch was born 1h C'Cha-rnhamptbn,, England, on Jan. 1, 1852. There were five children in
his family, of whom two'are living.
FINKLE, JOHN. Son of Alex. and Sophia Waddle.
His father was a native of, Ontario and 'his mother,of Ireland. Mother and father both living and residing in Grant T-ownship. Mother is 70 and fa~ther
77. The subject of this sketch was born in On'-tarlo, 'Canada, April 8, 1859. Married Jane Bodey,
daughter of Jcohn R. and Lydia Ann (Baxter)
Bodey. There are four children: LeRoy M., Reuben
John, Verney 'Ethien, Joseph B.