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MASON I. JAMES was born at Truxton, Courtland county, N. Y., December 16, 1802. He married Amanda Davis, January 24, 1822, and came to Michigan in 1824, locating in the town of Avon. He removed to Southfield, in 1828. He remained there until the fall of 1835, when he removed to Troy Corners, where he engaged in the mercantile business. This business he sold after a few months, and in the spring of 1836 bought the Josiah Alger farm, in Troy, where he lived until 1856, when he sold the farm and moved to Birmingham. There he lived until the fall of 1884, when he went to Chicago, Ill., to reside with his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Toms, where he remained until his death, September 20, 1886, at the age of 84 years. He was commissioned by Gov. Stevens T. Mason cornet under date May 15, 1832, and his company was ordered into service in the Black Hawk war. On the 11th of November, 1835, he was commissioned captain in the 2d division, 3d brigade, 4th regiment, and served in the Toledo war. He held the office of justice of the peace with credit and was a consistent christain, a public spirited, useful and influential citizen, and greatly esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.

MRS. ELLEN STANLEY, widow of Nathan Stanley, born at Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y., May 5, 1810, came to Michigan with her father, Nathan Perry, of Pontiac, in the fall of 1823. She married Mr. Stanley, who was well known by the old settlers and who died thirty years since. Her death occurred Feb. 25, 1887, at the age of 76 years.

MRS. ALFRED PHELPS, widow of the late Alfred Phelps, of Troy, was born at Pittsfield, Mass., in 1801. She came to Michigan with her husband in 1829, and settled in Troy, where she died February 11, 1887, aged 86 years. He came

DENNIS QUICK was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., in 1804. to Michigan in 1824, located lands in Royal Oak township and settled upon them, where he continued to live until his death, April 2, 1887, aged 83 years. He was married in 1828 to Nancy M., daughter of Calvin Perrin, who died in 1860, and subsequently married Mrs. Sinai Lombard. He was deacon and a life long member of the Presbyterian church.

MRS. CYNTHIA M. COLLINS, widow of Geo. M. Collins and mother of J. W. Collins, was born in 1794. She came to Michigan in 1824, and settled in Farmington, where she resided until she died, December 29, 1886, aged 92 years. Mr. and Mrs. Collins, it is said, were the first to settle in Farmington, and she was the first white woman to locate there. Her son, J. W. Collins, was the first white male child born in the township. He still resides there.

POTTER KNIGHT was born at Otisfield, Cumberland Co., Maine, March 14, 1821. He came to Michigan with his parents in 1826. He first settled in Avon, but afterwards removed to Bloomfield, where he died December 15, 1886, aged 65 years.

MRS. POTTER KNIGHT was born at Bennington, Vt., in 1819. She married Potter Knight May 17, 1841, and resided with her husband at Bloomfield Center until her death, March 3, 1886, at the age of 67 years.

MRS. ELIZABETH VOORHEIS, widow of Wm. Voorheis, was born in Ossian, Livingston county, N. Y., June 27, 1802. She came to Michigan with her husband in 1835, and settled in Shelby, Macomb county. In 1864 they removed to Troy. For the past few years she lived with her son, F. C. Voorheis, and died at his residence December 12, 1886, aged 84 years.

FRANCIS G. BRUSH was born in Rensselaer county, N. Y., April 20, 1821. He came to Michigan in 1834 and settled in White Lake; in 1840 he came to

Birmingham. He died at his late home near Birmingham, December 12, 1886, aged 65 years.

ALLEN LAWRENCE was born in Duchess county, N. Y., in 1798; came to Michigan in 1832 and settled in Orion, where he lived until recently. He died at the residence of Jacob Lawrence, at Valparaiso, Ind., Jan. 5, 1887, in the 89th year of his age.

JOHN LAWRENCE was born at Ballston, Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1803; came to Michigan and located in Orion, in 1834. He died in January, 1887, aged 84 years.

MRS. MARGARET COLVIN, widow of the late Nathan R., was born in Vermont, March 29, 1797. She came to Michigan with her husband in 1832, She died January 14, 1887, aged 89 years.

and located in Waterford.

ALFRED JUDSON was born October 2, 1800, at Woodbury, Conn. He came to Michigan in 1826, stopped in Detroit about six months, and then went to Pontiac In 1829 he married Louisa Bartlett, who died in 1870. In 1877 he was married to Mrs. Bell. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He died January 14, 1887, aged 86 years.

GEORGE P. THURSTON was born at Lisle, N. Y., November 19, 1809; came to Michigan in 1835, located in Brandon, built a log house and returned to the settlements for his family and house goods. Upon arriving at his new home he found the house burned. It was supposed to be the work of unfriendly Indians. He was justice of the peace for twenty years, held many town offices; was surveyor. He was active and earnest in establishing schools and a zealous member of the Christian church. He retired from his farm in 1867 and took up his residence in Pontiac, where he died, December 27, 1886, aged 77 years.

EDWARD MCGONEGAL was born at Goshen, N. Y., March 8, 1836. He came to Michigan with his parents while an infant, in 1836; his parents locating at Birmingham. He removed to Independence in 1839. He died at the latter place December 13, 1886, aged 50 years.

JOHN POWELL was born at Ovid, Seneca, connty, N. Y., in 1800. He settled at Pontiac in 1824. He died at Auburn, Pontiac township, January 29, 1887, aged 87 years. He was at one time a surveyor and engaged with Captain Harvey Parke.

MRS. MATILDA SEELEY, widow of Ira C. Seeley and daughter of Josiah Dewey, who settled in Oakland township in 1826, was born at Riga, N. Y.,

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May 28, 1816. She was married to Mr. Seeley October 23, 1835, and settled in Waterford. She died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. F. Messinger, of Pontiac City, January 19, 1887, aged 70 years.

MRS. ABRAM MORRIS was born in Duchess county, N. Y., in 1816; settled in Waterford in 1853 and died in 1887, aged 71 years.

AZAR BROWN was born at Chevely Barke, England, November 18, 1808; settled in Orion 1836, and died there February 23, 1887, aged 79 years.

ADOLPHUS WALLACE was born in Truxton, Courtland county, N. Y., November 14, 1805. He came to Michigan in 1832 and settled in Bloomfield, but afterwards removed to Southfield. He died in Shiawassee county, March 30, 1887, aged 81 years.

GEORGE MCSTAY was born in Madison county, N. Y., March 12, 1812. He came to Michigan in 1850 and settled in Detroit, but removed to Southfield in 1861. He died in Southfield, April 1, 1886, aged 74 years.

MRS. ELMYRA MILLIS, wife of Samuel S. Millis, was born in Odeltown, Province of Quebec, Can., in 1813; settled in Pontiac in 1845; died June 21, 1886, aged 73 years.

AMARIAH C. TROWBRIDGE was born at Painted Post, N. Y., 1805; located in Troy, Mich., in 1831; died September 8, 1886, aged 81 years.

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EDMUND BARKHAM was born in Norfolk, England, May, 1809. to America and settled in Rochester, Mich., in 1837. Died at Commerce June 19, 1886, aged 77 years.

WELLS KINNEY was born in Ellington, Tolland county, Conn., in 1810. He came to Michigan and settled in Southfield in 1844. He died in Bloomfield, June 26, 1886, aged 76 years.

MRS. HANNAH J. COLLINS was born in the town of Collins, Erie county, N. Y., September, 1816. She settled in Livonia, Wayne county, in 1828, but removed to Groveland, Oakland county, in 1850, where she died July 22, 1886, aged 70 years.

ISAAC S. VOORHEIS was born in Somerset, N. Y., in 1799. He came to Michigan and settled in Pontiac in 1824; removed to Lapeer in 1866, where he died August 2, 1886, aged 87 years. He was a member of the first constitutional convention, and a member of the first state legislature which convened at Lansing. He held many offices in the county with ability and credit to himself and his constituents. He was a democrat in politics.

SARAH BARKLEY GORDON, widow of Hugh Gordon, was born in Orange county, N. Y., in 1810. She settled in Bloomfield, where she died August 6, 1886, aged 76 years.

WM. VOORHEIS was born in Geneseo, Genesee county, N. Y., September 20, 1801. He came to Michigan and settled at Shelby, Macomb county, in 1835. In 1864 he removed to Troy, Oakland county, where he died August 8, 1886, aged 85.

MRS. ELIZA HOUSTON HALL, widow of John Hall, was born at Montgomery, Orange county, N. Y., February 10, 1809; settled in Bloomfield in 1837; died at Pontiac, August 8, 1886, age 77 years.

EDWARD CHASE was born in Richmond, Ontario county, N. Y., in 1804. He settled in Farmington in 1824, but afterwards removed to near Detroit, where he kept hotel at the Four Mile House a few years; from there removed to the township of Rose, where he pursued the same business, but subsequently returned to farming. He died August 21, 1836, aged 82 years.

HENDERSON CRAWFORD was born in Geneva, Ontario county, N. Y., in

He came to Michigan in 1839, and settled in Livonia, Wayne county, where he remained about six years. He taught school in Farmington, Oakland county, but removed to Milford, in 1845, where he taught a private school for twenty five years with marked ability and success. For the past few years he resided in Lansing. He died at the residence of his son in Grand Traverse, August 11, 1886, aged 68.

WM. W. WHITING was born in Manlius, Onondaga county, N. Y., May 20, 1802. He came to Michigan in 1835 and settled in Bloomfield, but removed to Southfield in 1843, where he died January 1, 1887, aged 84 years.

MRS. PAMELIA BICKFORD, wife of Israel Bickford, was born in Bloomfield, Ontario county, N. Y., June 22, 1811. Her maiden name was Keys. She came to Michigan in 1836 and settled in Troy; afterwards removed to Birmingham and from there to Harbor Springs in 1883. She died at her daughter's in Bath, Clinton county, Sept. 5, 1886, aged 75.

ALMERON GIBBS was born in Livingston county, N. Y., August 11, 1817. He came to Michigan with his father in 1826, and settled in Troy. He died October 23, 1886, aged 69 years.

MRS. CATHARINE JONES, widow of Joseph Jones, was born in Richmond, Ontario county, N. Y., June 24, 1816. She came to Michigan with her

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