History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

and Dr. Eziekiel Webb at Farmington. The country was but sparsely
settled, and physicians were called from a long distance. Doctor Raynale, in the performance of his professional duties, was obliged to traverse and retraverse the townships of West Bloomfield, Farmington,
Southfield and Bloomfield, always on horseback, and it was not long
before he began to enjoy that professional popularity and esteem which
has followed him through all the years of his career.
During the winter of 1828-29 he procured the establishment of the
postoffice of Franklin, and was himself appointed postmaster, a position which he held for seven years.
In October, I830, he married Miss Eliza Cassidy, of Springville,
Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. They had four children: Mrs. E.
R. King, of Pontiac; S. B. Raynale, of Corunna, Michigan; Mrs. G.
A. Patterson, of Detroit; and Dr. C. M. Raynale, of Birmingham.
SENECA NEWBERRY, DELEGATE TO I835 AND 1850 CONVENTIONS
Seneca Newberry was born December 23, 1802, in Windsor, Connecticut. In 1827 he removed to Detroit and there secured employment
with his cousin, Oliver Newberry, where he remained for about two
years, then removing to Rochester and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He accumulated a large fortune and was able to retire from business in
I847. He was a man of prominence and reliability and was elected a
member of the first and second state conventions which were called in
1835 and I850 for the purpose of forming a state constitution. He
was a stanch Democrat and served two terms in the state senate as the
representative of Oakland county.
The Newberry family originated in Devonshire, England, and it
has been said that John Newberry of this family discovered the art of
weaving. The family is very old and has always been one of respectability and prominence with regard to public affairs. The parents of
Seneca Newberry were Dyer and Ruth (Birge) Newberry, natives of
Connecticut, the former of whom, a sea captain and a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, was one of the guards placed over Governor Franklyn when he was taken from Connecticut to New Jersey.,Mr. Newberry died in Rochester on May 13, 1877.
LYSANDER WOODWARD, DELEGATE TO 1873 CONVENTION
Lysander Woodward was a New Yorker who located at Rochester
soon after attaining his majority, becoming a well-to-do farmer and a
leader in state politics. As a Republican, he held numerous important
offices in the gift of the people. The office of justice of the peace has
been creditably filled by him, and he was several times elected supervisor of the township in which he lived. In I860 he was elected to the
representative branch of the legislature from the first district of Oakland county, and served one regular term and two extra sessions. From
I866 to I870 he occupied the office of county treasurer, and for three
years he was president of the Oakland County Agricultural Society.
As noted, he represented Oakland county as a member of the constitutional commission of I873.
Mr. Woodward was among the first to conceive and advocate the