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ANNUAL MEETING, 1890.

noblest efforts was to render her home attractive and happy. To her
family, so richly endowed in the possession of such a lovable character,
the loss is irreparable, and in her death the circle in which she so
long moved is bereft of one of its most esteemed and valuable
members.
J. A. WEAVER.
The death of J. A. Weaver on Saturday afternoon, April 12, 1890,
was caused by spasms of the heart, though he had been a sufferer
for the past year with rheumatism and a complication of diseases which
baffled the best medical skill. He came to Saginaw in 1865, engaging
for many years in the boot and shoe business and later on in the
furniture trade as well, though of late years his health has been so
precarious he had retired entirely, on the considerable competency
acquired by a life of industry and good judgment in all his investments.
The deceased was born 60 years ago at Vernon, -N. Y., and leaves a
widow and two children, Mrs. Doyle, of Chicago, and Miss Maggie,
who is an Ann Arbor student. He was a charter member of Central
Council No. 29, Royal Arcanum, also of Banner Lodge No. 508, K. of H.
MRS. OLIVE BRALEY.
Mrs. Olive Braley, a resident of Saginaw county nearly 60 years,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Bennett, April 17, 1890.
Mrs. Braley, whose maiden name was Olive Hubbard, was born in
Oxford, Ont., December 28, 1819. Her people came to Saginaw in
1831, being among the earliest families here. Mrs. Braley was twice
married, her first husband being Jacob Grout who lived but a short
time after their marriage. Her second husband was the late Phineas
D. Braley, to whom she was married December 18, 1842. He died
in December, 1886. Mrs. Braley leaves six children, Phineas J., and
Fred J. Braley, of Hope, Midland county, Mrs. Henry Snider, Mrs. G.
W. Bennett, and Mrs. Charles A. Lee, of Saginaw, and Mrs. F. A.
Farmer, of Kansas City, Mo. Two sisters and a brother survive her.
They are Mrs. Mary Ide, of Saginaw, Mrs William Golden, of Flint,
and Eli Hubbard, of Midland.
MRS. JOHN MC INTOSH.
Mrs. John McIntosh died April 20, 1890, at Taymouth. She was a
pioneer of this county. She was born in Scotland 72 years ago, and
was married to Mr. McIntosh at the home of the Duke of Athel in
Perthshire, the husband being in the employ of the Duke at the