Portrait and biographical record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola counties, Michigan ...

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM.

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ill Thetford Township, Genesee County, on March
25, 1853, and is the son of John and Wealthy Ann
(Skinner)Brabazon, natives respectively of England
and Connecticut. The father received a good
education in his native country and studied medicine with the intention of practicing the profession,
but upon coming to this country, he engaged in
farming which suited his natural tastes to such an
extent that he devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits.
Between the ages of eight and fourteen our subject attended the district school, and as he improved
his opportunities to the utmost, he acquired a
good practical education. At the age of seventeen
he began life for himself, having been thus early
thrown upon his own resources by the death of his
father when he was eleven. His mother survived
until 1880, when she too passed from the busy
scenes of earth. She was again married after
John Brabazon's death, but spent her closing years
with Albert J., who had purchased the old homestead at the age of twenty-one years. Here he
remained until 1891, when he purchased the estate
on section 20, and located thereon.
A very important event in the life of our subject was his marriage, March 11, 1878, to Miss
Alvira Coolidge, a resident of Thetford Township,
Genesee County, and a daughter of Moses ). and
Mary M. Coolidge. Her father died in the Andersonville Prison during the Rebellion. Five children
have come to brighten the home-William Edward,
Eva, Byron, Linnie Ann and Mabel Alvira, all
of whom remain under the parental roof, and are
being given excellent opportunities for good
educations, which will enable them in future years
to occupy positions of honor and usefulness in
the world.
Mr. Brabazon believes that the principles of the
Republican party are best adapted to the interests
Of the Government, and he accordingly casts his
ballot for the candidates who are pledged to uphold these principles. His fellow-citizens recognize
his fitness for official positions and have chosen
him as Township Treasurer, in which he is serving
efficiently. He takes more than ordinary interest
in educational affairs and has held various offices on
the School Board. The Farmer's Alliance recognize

him as one of their most earnest members, nor is
there any measure or principle that tends to promote the developments of the township in which
his support may not be relied upon. At present
his health is very poor, but he is able to do the
necessary work, and hopes soon to regain his
wonted health. He operates as a stock-raiser as
well as a general farmer, and in both of these departments of agriculture he is careful, reliable, and
painstaking, using the methods best adapted to
success in his chosen calling.
ENZO D. BULLOCK. The gentleman whose
name is above is one of the successful
farmers of Elba Townshil, Lapeer County.
l e was born in )ecatur, (tsego County,
N. Y., in 1832, and was the ninth in order of birth
in a family of twelve children, whose names are
as follows: Abigail K., Mary A., Caroline, Martha
J., John, Almira, Alvira, William, our subject,
Elizabeth, Saloma and Irving. The parents of
this large family were Shubael and Sally (Campbell) Bullock. The father was born in Cambridge,
Mass., in 1793, the mother in Otsego County, N.
Y., about 1795.
(ur subject's paternal grandfather, Wlilliam Bullock, was a native of Massachusetts. I-e served in
the Revolutionary War. He reared a family of
four sons and one daughter, as follows: William,
Cyrus, Israel, Shubael, and Electa who became the
wife of Benjamin Starkweather. The family are
of English descent and have ancestors in the past
who distinguished themselves in the history of
of their country. Menzo Bullock's father was a
cabinet maker by trade and a skilled workman.
The original of this sketch reached years of
maturity in the Empire State and came to Lapeer
County, Michigan, in 1854. He purchased the
farm where lie now resides in 1857 and the same
year he assumed the duties and responsibilities of
married life, his bride being Miss Sarah J. Vilas.
As the years have passed the home circle has been
increased by the advent of eight children, seven
of whom are still living, and whose names are as