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

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HISTORY OF LA
Great Britain, in 1789, and emigrated to Utica, Oneida County, N.
Y., in 1828. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1836, and to Lapeer
in February, 1837, and settled on section 32; his farm lying on
both sides of the town line road, he built his house on section 5, in
Metamora, and remained there till his death in December, 1858.
There were very few settlers in the township when Mr. Caley
came in. He was married about the year 1809, to Mary Stephens,
and had four children.
THOMAS CALEY was born on the Isle of Man in 1814, and came
to Utica, N. Y., in 1828, Detroit in 1836, and to Lapeer in 1837,
where he remained on the old homestead, till the death of his father
in 1858. Since that time has owned the old farm, and now owns
700 acres of land lying in a body, and owns in all 1,500 acres.
Married in 1841, to Jane Carron, who died in 1862. Second marriage in 1863, to Sarah Looney; they have three children.
ZADOCK BATES was born in Manchester, Bennington County,Vermont, in 1796, and went to Plattsburgh, N. Y., with his parents, in
1806, thence to Geauga County, Ohio, in 1820, and in 1821 went to
Green Bay, Wisconsin (then Michigan), and was engaged as a
clerk in a store, till 1822. He then went to St. Mary's Falls, Lake
Superior, and was in the same business for another year, and in
1823 engaged in business in Oakland County, remaining there till
1828, then moved to Pennsylvania, and was engaged in farming
till 1840, when he moved to Lapeer, and settled on section 31,
where he has since lived. Has cleared up a large farm with the
help of his sons. Mr. Bates served several months in the army
during the war of 1812. Married December 6, 1824, to Eliza
Webster; they have eight children. Mr. Bate;3 has been justice of
peace four years in the township of Lapeer.
WILLIAM W. BATES was born in Pennsylvania in 1834, and
came to Lapeer with his parents in 1840, and remained on the old
homestead till he was twenty-one years of age, and has since managed the farm. Married in 1860, to Maria L. Hamler; they have
three children.
ASA PALMERLEE (deceased) was born in Litchfield, Conn., in
1803, and in 1819 moved to Otsego County, N. Y., thence in 1830,
to Franklinville, Cattaraugus County, N. Y., where he remained until
1850, in which year he came to Lapeer County and settled in the
township of Lapeer, on section 31, where he remained till his death,
which occurred in 1839. When Mr. Palmerlee first located in
Lapeer, there were no roads laid out in his neighborhood, and he
commenced in the wilderness, but with the help of his sons he
cleared up a fine farm. He was married in 1825, to Lucy Seward;
they raised a family of ten children.
HOEL PALMERLEE was born in Franklinville, Cattaraugus County
N. Y., in 1836, and came with his parents to Lapeer in 1850, and
has lived on the homestead continuously, with the exception of four
years spent in Minnesota; his mother resides with him. He has
been supervisor of the township of Lapeer four years, and is the
present (1883) incumbent. He was married in 1862 to Miss
Almina Johnson, who died April 15, 1869, leaving two sons; and
was again married, August 20, 1874, to Miss Frances E. Brown.
ROBERT B. WALKER was born in the township of Lapeer,

Lapeer County, Mich., in December, 1849, and remained at home
on the farm until he became of age. In 1872 he and his brother
purchased the interest of the heirs in the homestead, and in 1879
they bought the farm which Robert now lives upon, which is
located on section 29. He has held the office of highway commi;sioner one year, treasurer, two years, and school director nine
years. Was married in December, 1874, to Miss Agnes French;
they have two daughters.
JOHN G. GATES was born in Seneca, Ontario County, N. Y.,

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in 1822. Owing to the death of his mother, he went to live with
his grandfather at a very early age, and remained with him until
twenty-one years old. He then went to Leroy, Genesee County,
N. Y., and engaged in farming, and in 1856 came to Oakland
County, Mich., where he remained until 1860, when he came to the
township of Lapeer and settled on section 30, where he owns a good
farm. He was married in 1849 to Miss Lois A. Wilcox, and they
have seven children.
ANDREW L. KINGSBURY, SR., was born in Roxbury, Delaware
County, N. Y., in 1810, and in 1816 with his parents moved to
Monroe County, N. Y. In 1833 he came to Shelby, Macomb
County, Mich., and thence in 1844 to Lapeer County, where he
located onl section 30, in the township of Lapeer, where he has
since resided. He has cleared up a fine farm upon which he has
erected good buildings. Mr. Kingsbury held theoffice of supervisor
one year, and highway commissioner nine years, while the townships
of Lapeer and Mayfield were one, and since the division, has represented the township of Lapeer in various offices, among which may
be mentioned the office of justice of the peace, and was under sheriff
of the county two years. He took the United States census of the
township in 1880, and for eighteen years was engaged in the insurance business, in the counties of Lapeer, Genesee, Oakland, Macomb
and St. Clair. When he came to Michigan in 1833, he found himself in Detroit with a wife and child to support, and with but a
shilling in his pocket; but, by energy and perseverance, he now
ranks as one of the substantial farmers of his township. He was
married in 1830 to Miss Lucy Gillett, who was born in Greene
County, N. Y., near the Catskill Mountains. They have raised a
family of ten children.
W. BUTTERFIELD was born in Genesee County, N. Y., in 1832,
and in 1852 came to Utica, Macomb County, Mich., thence to Lapeer
in 1871, and purchased the farm he now resides upon, which is
located on section 9. His farm is well improved, and his buildings
are substantial and in keeping. Mr. Butterfield has filled the office
of township treasurer two years. Was married in 1858 to Miss
Martha Hotham, they have two children.
ELI COLLINS was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1806, and
emigrated to the United States in June, 1850, coming directly to
Lapeer County, Mich., and located on section 29, of the township
of Lapeer, where he has since resided. Mr. Collins has been a
hard working man, having cleared up the greater part of his farm
which is now classed with the best. He was married in 1831 to
Miss Fanny Nailer, who died in 1849; was again married in
1850 to Miss Elizabeth Winterburn, and they have had four daughters, three of whom are school teachers.
O. B. PIKE was born in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1824, and
came to Livingston County, Mich., in 1842. He followed threshing for a season, and in 1844 went to Saginaw, and was in the
employ of James Fraser, who built the Fiaser House in Bay City.
Returning to Monroe County in 1847 he purchased a farm, and
was engaged in farming until 1852, when he went to Ohio and
bought a steam saw-mill, which he operated till 1856, when he
again came to Lapeer and engaged in farming. In 1865 he
purchased the farm he now owns on section 17. He was married
in 1846 in Saginaw to Miss Mary Ann Eastman. They have two

sons and five daughters. Mr. Pike has held the office of highway
commissioner for the township of Lapeer three years.
WILLIAM H. LOUKS was born in Canada, in 1829, moved to
Illinois in 1853 and was engaged in farming and lumbering till
1873, when he came to Otsego County, Michigan, and engaged in
lumbering, and is still in that business. In 1881 came to Lapeer
and bought the farm he now lives on which is on section 9. He
also owns farms on sections 10, 15 and 16; lie has a fine farm and

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