nine children born to them in Germany-Minnie, Riecka, Alwine, Fred, Emily, Anna, Charles, Emil and Mary, of whom two are married-Minnie and Riecka. Mr. B. and family left Germany May 31, 1872, and arrived at New York June 18; going West. they reached Detroit, where they remained until 1874, when they moved to Macomb County and located on seventy-one acres on P. C. 167; this property is estimated to be worth $4,500.

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RICHARD B. CONNOR, P. O. Mt. Clemens, born at Detroit January 18, 1849; was educated at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind. After leaving college, he entered on the life of an agriculturist and stock-raiser, which he has made a success. married Miss Archange Rivard, daughter of Ferdinand and Pauline Rivard, Feb. 1, 1870. To them eight children were born, of whom Isabelle, Richard P., Allen R., Mary A. and Frances C. are living. The family belong to the Catholic Church. Mr. Connor has been Superintendent of the Schools of Harrison; filled other town offices and is the possessor of a valuable farm of sixty-two acres, on P. C. 163.

ARNOLD JOBSA, P. O. Mt. Clemens, a native of Holland, settled at Ontario, Wayne Co., N. Y., about the year 1844; he came to Macomb in 1867, and located his farm; his wife, Miss Nellie Johnston, is a native of Holland. Louis Jobsa was born March 25, 1839; was raised on a farm; received a common-school education; has been elected Town Treasurer and Justice of the Peace and resides with his father.

FRANCIS LETOURNEAU, P. O. Box No. 688, Mt. Clemens, father of Mrs. Josephine Paquette, was born in Macomb County in 1800; he labored on the farm until 1815, when he began the trade of ship and house builder. Mrs. Josephine Paquette was born June 1, 1833, at Detroit, educated in the common schools, and subsequently studied in her father's house. The family moved to Mt. Clemens in 1854, where Miss Josephine Letourneau was married to Jarvis Paquette, at Mt. Clemens, June 16, 1857, by whom she had eight children, seven of whom are living-Mary C., Joseph, Francis, Louis, Marie, Charles and Fred; her husband was instantly killed, February 18, 1878, by a falling tree or limb. The Paquette family resided at Detroit from 1857 to 1874, when they located on P. C. No. 175, where the family now live; the property is valued at $3,600, being seventy-two acres, with dwelling-house and improvements.

JAMES PERRY, P. O. Mt. Clemens, son of John and Mary (Kelly) Perry, natives of Ireland, was born March 4, 1836; he was educated in Ireland, and completed his studies in Rochester, N. Y.; his parents settled in the Canadas in 1841, moved to Rochester, N. Y., where James Perry joined them in 1848; he learned the cooper's trade and followed it for four years, until 1854; he married the daughter of John A. and Margaret (Mink) Fries, September 25, 1855, when they moved to Macomb County; they are the parents of twelve children-John H., Ella R., Eugene, Lucy and Lewis, twins, James, Margaret, Mary J., Edith and Eva. Mr. Perry is a member of the Presbyterian Church; he owns 100 acres on P. C. 172; he makes a specialty of horse-raising: two of his animals were awarded the first prize for two years at the State Fair, and always take the first premium at the county fairs.

JOHN J. REIMOLD, son of John J. and Catharine Reimold, natives of Germany, was born at Wurtemberg October 6, 1828; received a liberal education and left his home for the United States in 1853; arriving at Mt. Clemens, he resumed farming, and then entered the butchering business, which he continued until 1863. He married Miss Priscilla Moser, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth Moser, February 18, 1857; they are the parents of eight children -Alice, Fred, Rosa, Mary, Sarah, Charles, Henry and Jennie. Mr. Reimold holds the offices of Justice and Drain Commissioner; he is a member of the Mt. Clemens Grange, Lodge 637; owner of 132 acres in P. C. 229, Harrison; is an extensive stock-raiser and a thorough agriculturist.

T. J. SHOEMAKER, P., O. Mt. Clemens, resides on French Claim 229, settled originally in 1795, by John Loveless, who sold to Joseph Robertjean in 1798.

FRANCIS X. STARK, P. O. Mt. Clemens, was born in the Kingdom of Bavaria April 7, 1846. Jacob Stark, who brought his family to this country in 1853, died shortly after his arrival. The family located on a farm on Swan Creek, where they lived for two years, then removed to New Baltimore, where two more years were passed; next, to Spring Wells, Wayne County, and ultimately, to Harrison, where Mr. Stark's mother and sister have a farm of 330 acres, on P. C. 129. F. X. Stark married Miss Mary Livernois, of Wayne County, in 1869; they were the parents of ten children, of whom seven are living Mary E., Francis M., Frances S., Joseph, Charles A., Mary P. and Edward F. Mr. S. carried on a brick factory at Spring Wells for seven years previous to his coming to Harrison Township.

EDWARD TEATS, Supervisor of Harrison, was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., November 27, 1829. Henry Teats, who came to this county about 1837, was County Register of Deeds for two terms; he moved to Dickinson County, Kan., in the spring of 1880, and died there the same year, aged eighty-four years. Edward Teats came to Macomb in 1841, and now resides on Private Claim 167, Harrison Township, where he owns eightyfour acres of fertile land. Mr. Teats is a farmer and stock-raiser. He was married, in 1851, to Harriet Rackham, of England, who came with her parents to Detroit about 1846, and to this county in 1849; they are the parents of ten children, nine of whom are living —Rhoda M., Elizabeth, Kate, Arthur, John, Florence, Belle, Olive and Grace. A reference to the organic section of the sketch of Harrison Towship will show the positions which he has held.

NORRIS TUCKER, P. O. Mt. Clemens, a member of the pioneer family of that name, is referred to in the general history of the county, where the Tucker family is treated historically.

CHAPTER XLII.

ERIN TOWNSHIP.

The same references that have been made to the settlement of Harrison apply equally to Erin. Here some of the first French squatters located.

Erin is one of the most thickly settled townships in the county. In point of popula tion, it ranks second. In 1874, the census shows the number of inhabitants to be 2,466; number of families, 448, and of dwellings 433. The population in 1880 was 2,695. The township is a fine agricultural region; the product in the following staple articles being, in 1874, winter wheat, 14,565; rye, 1,858; corn, 30,611; oats, 42,080; barley, 2,583; potatoes, 20,119. The township has a fair proportion of timber, including the best Michigan varieties. The principal stream in the township is Milk River, which rises in Wayne County, and traverses Erin Township in a northeasterly direction, and empties into Lake St. Clair, at the southeast corner of the township.

ORGANIZATION.

Erin Township was organized under the name of Orange, by authority given in the act of March 11, 1837. It comprised all of Township 1 north, of Range 13 east, together with Sections 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36, of Township 1 north, of Range 12 east. Section 36

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of Warren was added to this township in February, 1842, and a year later, March 9, 1843, the name of the district, as organized, was changed to Erin. This change of name is said to be due to the fact, that in the year 1843, a large influx of Irish citizens had come to Orange, and, the name not corresponding to their Hibernian ideas of propriety, they had it changed to Erin, after their native isle.

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.

Supervisors-John B. Cottrell, 1837-38; County Commissioners, 1838-43; Israel Curtiss, 1843-44; Solomon Porter, 1844-45; Israel Curtiss, 1845-52; William Stevens, 1852-53; Peter McGovern, 1853-55; Henry L. Reeves, 1855-59; Jacob Hetchler, 185962; James Whiting, 1862-65; Jacob Hetchler, 1865-66; Austin Wells, 1866-67; James Whiting, 1867-73; Robert A Barton, 1873–76; John Dedenbach, 1876–81; Robert A. Barton, 1881-82.

Justices of the Peace-Allen Winslow, John R. Rivard, Moses Conn, Thomas Kailey, 1837; Allen Winslow, Israel Curtiss, Isaac Hall, 1838; John Ready, Elias Stern, 1839; Thomas Willett, 1840; Israel Curtiss, Solomon Porter, 1841; Henry Diegel, 1842; Austin Wales, Charles Constantine, 1844; Israel Curtiss, 1845; Jacob Harder, Thomas Kailey, Elias Stone, 1846; Sam W. May, 1847; Silas Aldrich, Elias Stone, 1848; Israel Curtiss, 1849; Peter McGovern, Thomas Kailey, 1850; Peter McGovern, 1852; John Reddy, John Morehouse, 1853; Israel T. Curtiss, 1854; Benjamin May, Henry L. Reeves, 1855; John Brownlee, 1856; John B. Cottrell, 1857; Levi C. Lyon, 1858; Moses Bottomley, 1856; Henry Deagel, Peter McGovern, William H. Smith, 1859; John Brownlee, M. Bottomley, 1860; Henry Blake, 1861; Austin Wales, Peter McGovern, 1862; William L. Curtiss, George Mead, 1863; Francis De Fer, Henry Deagel, 1864; Peter McGovern, 1864–65; Austin Wales, Hugh McCarron, 1865; Francis Ellair, John Stricker, 1866; George C. Mead, John F. Eberline, James Whiting, 1867; Joseph Williams, 1868-69; Jacob Ketchler, George C. Mead, 1870; James Whiting, Charles Cox, 1871; Casper A. Schettler, Robert A. Barton, 1872.

The election of 1882 resulted as follows: Supervisor, R. A. Barton, Republican, 191; John Dedenbach, Democrat, 155; Republican majority, 36. Clerk, Henry Bloss, Democrat, on both tickets. Treasurer, Charles Freehauf, Democrat, 196; William Bottomly. Jr., Republican, 148; Democratic majority, 48.

TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS.

District No. 5 was organized in 1850 by Benjamin Wheat. After much difficulty in selecting a location, a site was agreed upon, when the first log schoolhouse was erected. Each one in the district furnished his quota of logs. The first officers were: Francis De Fer, Sr., Director; Nelson Labadie, Moderator, and Louis Frazer, Assessor. The first teacher employed was Mrs. Catharine Moran. Her salary was $14 per month. The district comprises a French population. Through the influence of the teacher-Charles Domini, who has been employed since 1866-a new schoolhouse was built in 1870.

VILLAGES.

The village of Frazer, in Erin Township, is a country post office and station on the Grand Trunk Railway, six miles southwest of Mt. Clemens Court House and nineteen out from Detroit. The depot is one-quarter mile distant from the post office. In the vicinity, there is an Evangelical Lutheran Church, a district school and steam stave and heading factory, the products of the latter forming the only exports. The business and professional circles of the hamlet comprise about a dozen persons. The post office is conducted by F. C. Kollmorgen. The principal business is conducted by the stave and heading fac

The Canadian Express Company and the

tory. There are some other manufactories. Western Union Telegraph Company do business here. The village was founded in 1857 by Alex Frazer. The first store was established by Fred Eberlein, a Bavarian, who settled there in 1856. A stave-mill was built by Eberlein & Co. in 1865, who operated it two years, when the company sold to F. Eberlein and William Beauclerc. The concern was sold to John Gapt, who sold his interest, in 1872, to Charles Knorr and John Gutow, and the latter selling to Charles Steffins resulted in the formation of the present firm. The company manufacture at present staves, headings, hardwood lumber, ax-handles, whiffletrees, neck-yokes, and also operate a feed-mill. The first blacksmith shop was that of F. Eberlein, established in 1856. Frazer is a German village. A Lutheran Church, which sustains a large graded school, is in a prosThe schoolhouse now being built is estimated to cost $2,000.

perous state.

One of the most complete wood-working mills in this part of the State is that of Knorr & Steffens, at Frazer. The establishment includes a large stave and heading mill, a saw-mill and an ax-handle factory, and gives employment to fifty hands. The firm finds itself, at the season's end, with $25,000 in dry stock on hand, from which it will realize a handsome profit. Their business may be judged from the fact that last year they paid no less than $8,000 in freight to the Grand Trunk. Enterprising manufacturers like Knorr & Steffens are a solid advantage to any community.

There is a small and steadily growing settlement called the Junction. It is located at a point where the Utica plank road intersects the Gratiot road.

Roseville is a village of 400 inhabitants, in Erin Township, Macomb County, four and a half miles south of Frazer, on the Grand Trunk Railway, three miles from Lake St. Clair, nineteen miles above Detroit and ten south of Mt. Clemens. The place contains six churches-one Catholic, three Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian-and several schools. Fruit, grain, hay and potatoes are the exports. Gustave Schuchard is Postmaster. Rev. Messrs. J. S. Schimdt, J. List and Arndt, of the Lutheran Churches; Rev. Andreas Meyer, of the Methodist, and Rev. J. Van Straken, of the Catholic Church, are the only resident pastors. The physicians are James Yates and Henry Feldman. There are three potash manufacturers, one stave factory, eleven stores, two saloons, one hotel, with a number of wagon-makers and blacksmiths.

PERSONAL HISTORY.

The biographical sketches of many of the most prominent citizens of the township, appearing in subsequent pages, contain many valuable references to the history of this township.

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HENRY ACKERMAN, P. O. Roseville, son of George and Elizabeth Ackerman, who came from Germany to New York City in 1825, to Wayne County in 1832, where the former died in August, 1870, and the latter in October, 1863. Henry was born November 18, 1842, in Wayne County, which he made his home until twenty-eight years old. was married, October 29, 1870, to Miss Rebecca, daughter of D. McFarland and Eliza Apling, former of Scotland, latter of England; this lady was born August 15, 1846; they were the parents of two children, one of whom is dead. Mr. Ackerman is the owner of fifty-eight acres on Section 31.

STEPHEN ALLARD, P. O. Roseville, son of Louis and Therissa (Bellor), was born in Wayne County, Mich., February 3, 1830; his father died in 1833, and his mother in 1853; was educated in France school; was raised on the farm; he inherited twenty-two acres and now owns eighty acres on Private Claim 625, Erin Township. Mr. Allard was married, June 23, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Chapien, to whom were born twelve children --James, Moses, Benjamin, Therissa, Stephen, Pontiff, August, Charles, Mary, Julia,

Ellen and Joseph.

daughter of Michel of whom are dead.

James Allard was married, November 21, 1877, to Miss Mary Piett, and Eliza (Nurzel) Piett; they are the parents of three children, two The family belongs to the Catholic Church.

ROBERT A. BARTON, P. O. Roseville, was born in Hudson, N. Y., May 8, 1824; his father was born in Georgia, and held the position of Second Lieutenant, First Dragoons, under Col. Backus, and subsequently Captain of the Forty-sixth United States Infantry, during the war of 1812; he received the latter commission from President Madison; at the close of the war, he settled at Hudson, where he married. In 1833, he moved to Michigan, where he died; his family consisted of eight children--Frederick, James, John L., Elizabeth, Robert A., Theodore, Thomas J. and Henry C. Robert A. was married. May 29, 1849, to Julia A., daughter of Pierrs Gouin, of Grosse Point, Wayne Co., Mich.; this lady died April 8, 1868; he married Miss Polly Vernier, of Erin Township, who died February 1, 1872. Mr. B. held the office of Supervisor for 1872-73 and 1881-82; he has been Justice of the Peace for twelve years; he is the owner of sixty acres on Private Claim 625, where he made his home. James, Louisa and Rhoda are the children by the first marriage; Abraham, Thomas, Henry S. and Robert by the second marriage.

HENRY BLOSS, P. O. Roseville, was born September 25, 1848; his father, Thomas Bloss, and mother, Catharine Mershel, natives of Germany, came to the United States in 1847, and were married the same year. Henry was raised on a farm and received a German and English education; in 1869, he went to Bay City, where he worked in a saw-mill until 1873; in the latter year, he returned to his farm in Erin Township; in 1878, he purchased the Charles Rehfeld store, where he now conducts a general business. He was married, in May, 1878; he was elected Town Clerk in 1879, which position he now holds.

THOMAS COMMON, P. O. Fraser, son of Richard and Jennette (Laing) Common, natives of Scotland, who were married July 8, 1814, was born August 17, 1833; he came with his parents to Detroit, in 1844, and lived there until 1846; his mother died June 23, 1845, his father April 11, 1852. Mr. Common, Sr., while working as a mason at Detroit, purchased eighty acres in Erin Township, and settled on this farm in 1847. Mr. C., Jr., was raised partly in Scotland, at Detroit and in Erin; he served one year in a drug store before moving to his farm; at that time, neighbors were from four to six miles apart; his first farming operations were attended with success, and down the years to the present time rich harvests have always attended his labors. He was married, September 27, 1857, to Miss Marion, daughter of Samuel D. and Mercy (Briggs) Shattuck, the former born in Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., Mass., February 15, 1811, the latter born at Potter, N. Y., July 22, 1813; ten children were born to this marriage. The family belong to the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Common visited Great Britain and Ireland in 1877, leaving home July 4, and returning in September.

CHARLES DEMRICK, P. O. Roseville, son of Frederick and Elizabeth Demrick, was born in Germany November 19, 1838; came with his parents to the United States in 1852, and settled in Oneida County, N. Y.; four years later, the family located the homestead on Section 16, Erin Township, where Charles Demrick now lives. Mr. D., Sr., died August 25, 1869, and, on July 18, 1880, his mother deceased. Mr. D., Jr., was married, November 13, 1867, to Miss Amelia, daughter of Henry and Mary A. Savage, the former born in New York, and the latter in England. Mrs. D. was born June 27, 1846; they had six children, five of whom are living-Almon H., Ray E., Edgar, Carl and Minerva.

JACOB A. GAUKLER, P. O. Roseville, Macomb Co., Mich.; he is the son of Jacob and Barbara (Wunch) Gaukler, was born at Wurtemberg, Germany, June 8, 1845. The family came to the United States in 1853, and located at Detroit for a short time, and in Erin Township. In 1854, Mr. G., Sr., purchased one acre and a house; in 1855, he opened a small grocery store and meat market; subsequently, moved to Gaukler's corner,