The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922; / Clarence M. Burton, editor-in-chief, William Stocking, associate editor, Gordon K. Miller, associated editor. [Vol. 2]

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malignity. The great and small are alike objects of your implacable resentment. "
Clerk of the legislative council in 1826.
Ile married Elizabeth Whiting at Rochesterville, Genesse County, New York,
November 13, 1818.
Sibley, Solomon, born at Sutton, Mass., October 7, 1769, married Sarah
Whipple Sproat, in October, 1802, daughter of Col. Ebenezer and Katherine
Sproat. Their daughter, Catherine W., was born in February, 1806, baptized
in St. Anne's Church July 25, 1808, and buried in Ste. Anne's Cemetery July
26, 1808.
His children were:
1. Ebenezer Sproat Sibley.
2. Henry Hastings Sibley.
3. Alexander Hamilton Sibley.
4. Frederick Baker Sibley.
5. Sarah A. Sibley.
6. Catherine W. Sibley.
7. Mary C. Sibley.
8. Catherine Whipple Sibley.
9. Augusta Ann Sibley.
Solomon Sibley elected delegate to Congress September 6, 1821. The certificate of election is dated October 25, 1821.
In 1820 Sibley lived on the northeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Street.
Solomon Sibley, lawyer, member of Assembly of Northwest Territory, appointed mayor of Detroit. Judge of United States Court. Appointed auditor
of public accounts October 4, 1814. He died 1846.
Smart, Robert. "Smart Corner" was the northeast corner of Jefferson and
Woodward avenues. The first brick store in the city was erected on this corner.
His name is in the list of inhabitants in 1806. In a description of Detroit in
1819 it is stated that Smart owned all the land on the east side of Woodward
Avenue from Jefferson Avenue to Lamed Street and that it was all vacant down
to Larned Street, "where he had an unpainted old house in which he dwelt as a
bachelor." He was an "old Scotchman," a retired tanner. He built the store
on the corner below in 1822, the first brick store in Detroit.
"R. S. Smart, gentleman, 48 Woodward Avenue," 1837.
Stead, Benjamin. Appointed justice of the peace for Macomb County, September 18, 1821, but never took office, for he died in Hamtramck, September 25,
1821, at the house of D. C. McKinstry.
He began the erection of the second brick home in Detroit, but died before
completing the work (see Palmer, page 120). The first brick dwelling was the
mansion of Governor Hull. In 1820 Stead was carrying on the tailoring business and had "just received from New York the Newest Fashions." He was
also secretary of the Mechanics' Society and was appointed one of the trustees
of the University of Michigan. His dwelling and place of business was on the
north side of Jefferson Avenue, a short distance west of Shelby Street. The
probate court records the following minors: