History of Lapeer County, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.

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BIOGRAPHICAL.
ANDREW WARREN was born in Lapeer Township, Lapeer County,
Michigan, in 1848. He learned the trade of a painter, but preferred
the life of a farmer. In 1864 he enlisted in the Third Michigan Infantry, serving until the end of the rebellion; was in the southwestern department. Was married in 1873 to Minetta Colvin, who
is also a native of Lapeer County. They have five children. In
1881 he settled with his family on 100 acres of land he has in section 3, Deerfield.
GEORGE TOZER was born in 1808 in Monroe County, N. Y.
He came to Wayne County, Michigan, in 1837. In 1859 he settled
ih Deerfield, being one of the pioneers of the township. He was a
wagon maker by trade, but after coming to this county was always
a farmer. Mr. Tozer was treasurer of the township for two years,
and had held the office of justice of the peace for a number of years
at the time of his death, which occurred in December, 1878. In
1840 he was married to Miss Alice Cornwell, a native of Canada of
American parentage. They had six children, of whom one son and
two daughters survive. Mrs. Tozer was born in 1819 and still lives
on the homestead in Deerfield.
JOHN TOZER was born in Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan, in
1843, where he worked when he was young in a saw-mill owned by
his father. In 1859 when his parents came to Deerfield he accompanied them. He has a farm of 138 acres in sections 2 and 11. In
1868 he was married to Miss Caroline Johnson, a native of Ontario.
FREDERICK D. FRICKE was born in Metamora, Lapeer County.
in 1849. Was educated in the township schools and brought up on
a farm. His family moved to Lapeer Township, and he lived there
until 1880, when he removed to Deerfield, where he has 70 acres in
section 1, of which 53 are cleared. In Lapeer he served as highway
commissioner, constable, etc. Was highway commissioner of Deerfield in 1882, and in 1883 was postmaster of District No. 3.
Was married in 1875, to Anna L. Northrup, of Attica. They have
had three children, only one of whom survives.
JOHN SUTTER was born in Argau, Switzerland, in 1834. Came
to Canada in 1853. He made his home at Danville, but followed a
seafaring life in the summer season. Upon leaving there he went
to East Saginaw, Michigan, where he worlked for a number of years
in Whittier's salt block. In 1869 he came to Deerfield, where he
had 40 acres of land in section 3. He afterward bought 100 acres
more. He was married in 1858 to Catharine Henry, who is also a
native of Switzerland. They have two sons and a daughter.
ARCHIBALD RAYMOND is a native of the township of Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, where he was born in 1844. In 1855 came
to Marathon Township with his father. Has always followed farming. In 1878 he settled on section 15, Deerfield, where he has a
farm of 160 acres, 50 cleared. Was township clerk from 1880 till
1883. Was married in 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Clute. They have
three sons and one daughter living.
HENRY B. WILSON was born in Ancaster, Ontario, in 1833,
afterwards lived in Burford and DIumfries. In 1872 came to Deerfield, Lapeer County, and settled on section 10, on 80 acres of land,
65 of which are cleared. Served as highway commissioner one
year. Married Hannah Grandine, of St. Catherine's, Ontario, in
1856. They have two sons and a daughter living.
ANDREW KESTER was born in Markham Township, York County,

Ontario, 1848. He was educated to be a teacher and is a graduate
of the Normal School at-Toronto, from which he received a second
class certificate, and afterward was given a provincial first class one.
He taught four years in Markham, two in Uxbridge and three and
a quarter in Whitchurch. In April, 1880, he came to Deerfield,
bought 280 acres of land in section 35, and commenced farming.

In November, 1882, he was appointed supervisor, and in April, 1883,
was elected to the same office. He has won gClden opinions in the
township for the able manner in which he has performed the duties
of the office. He has been director of School District No. 6 since
September, 1880. In 1868 he was married to Miss Mary E. Cliff, of
Pickering, Ontario. They have three daughters.
JOSEPH C. SWEET was born in Dunham, Lower Canada, now
Quebec, in 1830. Learned the trade of a tanner and currier, and
was in business with his brother at Broome, Quebec, for seven years.
In 1869 he came to Michigan, farmed for some time in St. Clair
County, and then came to Lapeer County, living at first in Elba
Township. In 1872 he bought 120 acres of land in section 19,
Deerfield, of which he has about 50 cleared. Was director of School
District No. 5 for six years, and in 1883 was elected justice of
the peace. In 1858 was married to Adelia O'Brien, a native of
Vermont. They have had five sons and seven daughters, of whom
all but one son are living.
CHARLES DINGMAN was born in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1828,
He learned the trade of a mason at Scottsville, near Rochester. He
followed it and farming until 1854, when he came to Michigan.
For seven years he lived in Pontiac and Birmingham. In 1861 he
went to Lapeer, where he had the contract for the mason work on
the present jail, which was built in that year. Worked at his trade
in Lapeer for about six years, less about a vear in the army. He
then went on a small farm near that city. From there he moved to
the township of Attica, where he farmed it some three years. Was
a member of the ]irst Michigan Engineers and Mechanics for about
a year. Has been a road commissioner and director of School District No. 4, Deerfield. Was elected to the latter office in 1881 and
re-elected in 1883. Came to Deerfield in 1880 and farms eighty
acres in section 30. He has been married twice. He was married
to his present wife in 1861, who was a Miss Mary E. Young, of
New Jersey. Has had two children by her and two by his deceased
wife.
THOMAS C. BAKER was born in Nottingham, England, in 1830.
Learned the trade of an engineer in that city. Emigrated to the
United States in 1850, and for the first twelve years was a resident
of Richfield, Genesee County, Mich., where he was engineer in a
saw-mill. Previously, however, to coming to this country, he was
an engineer on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. On leaving
Richfield he was engineer in the saw-mill of the late Governor
Crapo, at Flint, for two years. Held the same position in the old
Union grist-mill at Lapeer, for seven years, and then ran an engine in a saw-mill, in Attica, and again in Lapeer. In 1876 he
bought and settled on 123 acres of land in section 30, Deerfield,
forty of which he has since given to his son. Is now, 1883, assessor of School District No. 4, which office he has held five years. In
1851 was married to Mary Jane Fenner, who was born in New
York State. They have four sons and three daughters. Mr.
Baker was one of the charter members of the Lapeer lodge of
I. O. O. F.
JAMES MCINTIRE was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1853.
His parents emigrated to Canada in 1856, settling in Grey County,
in Ontario. The son learned the trade of a blacksmith in Simcoe.
In 1867 he came to Detroit and was in the employ of the M. C.
Railway for some three years. From 1870 to 1874 he was employed at East Saginaw, Mayville and North Branch. In the latter

year he came to Deerfield and carried on a shop until 1879, when
he bought forty acres of land in section 5, where he now farms it.
He has been township drain commissioner since 1877, and moderator of School District No 1 since 1878. Was married in 1876 to
Miss Eliza Morrison, of Hamilton, Ontario. They have two daughters and one son.

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