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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

Todd. of Ohio; was at the close of the battle of Shiloh; at the battle of Cheat Mountain and the siege of Corinth.
Joseph B. Johnson was born in Lockport, Niagara Co. N. Y.,in
1836. He is a son of Albert G. and Lucy T. (Nelson) Johnson.
His father is now livilng in Niagara county, and his mother died
in 1845 at that place. He received his education there, following
farming till he was 23 years of age. Leaving New York in April,
1859, he located in East Saginaw, where he remained about tlree
years, following the carpenter and joiner's occupation, also running engines in various saw-mills. In 1861 he began boring for
salt wells, which he followed at different times for a number of
years. At Bloomington, ll., lie put down a coal well in 1863,
and in 1865 put down oil wells in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and in
1870 an artesian well at Chicago. His present place he bought in
1860, but did not move upon it till the fall of 1863. He built his
house himself: His farm contains 140 actes. He was married at
South Bay City in 1862 to Lucinda A. Bennett, of Cattaraugas Co.,
N. Y. They have 2 children living-Orson B. and Arthur D.
Mr. Johnson at present holds the office of School Inspector, Director and Overseer of Highways; was also Justice of the Peace
eight vears.
Danlcie7l Kenelly was born in Ireland in 1826. His father and
mother were Jeremiah Kennelly and Julia, nee Hickey. They left
Ireland in June, 1847, and settled in Canada, where they remained
16 years, following farming. They then came to Michigan in
1865, and remained at East Saginaw one year, when they went to
Swan Creek, and bought each of their 3 children 80 acres of land.
His mother died in Canada, and his father at Swan Creek. They
had 10 children, 8 of whom are living —Daniel, Timnothy, Dennis,
Johanna, Mary, Jaines, Jeremiah and Julia. Daniel, the subject of
this sketch, was married in Canada, February, 1854, to Eliza
O'Brien, a native of Ireland. They have 8 children living —Julia,
Catharina, Timothy, Jeremiah, Johanna, Sarah, Dennis and Mary.
Julia was married to Alleck McLavish a resident of Saginaw
City, and Catharina to William 0. Grady, residing in Tllomastown.
Mr. Kennelly has held the office of School Moderator for the last
three terms.
Joseph Lewis was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1826; son of
Oliver Lewis and Lucy Avery, natives of Vermont. His father
died Feb. 17, 1861, in Newfane, Niagara Co., and his mother died
in June, 1862, at the same place. Receiving his education there,
where lie was brought up, he engaged in farming till lie was 41
years old, when, in 1867, lie came to Michigan, and located in Richland tp., this county, where, buying his present farm, he has resided
ever since. At the breaking out of the war, lie enlisted in the 12th
Independent Battery, at Lockport, Niagara Co., November, 1861,
serving three years and a half, till the close of the war. He was
in the battle of the Wilderness, siege of Petersburg, and smaller
engagements. In October, 1849, lie was married to Julia A.