buildings worthy of being called temples of learning; churches everywhere pointing their spires to that invisible God upon whom these earnest men depended for their daily food as well as mental strength, can never appreciate their struggle as they gave their lives in uninterrupted toil to accomplish this magical change. They have passed away, but in this case the good they have done lives after them. Mr. Bates raised a large family, consisting of three sons and four daughters. Like their predecessors they have all migrated, and are now living in different parts of the country. Not one of the family so long and so favorably known in Monroe is now a citizen of the county or State.

Alfred G. Bates was born at Canandaigua, New York, June 25, 1810; married Miss Betsey Ann Elliot in April, 1833. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom seven reached the age of maturity.

Major Elliot Bates, the eldest son, entered West Point Military Academy in 1861, graduated in 1865, and was assigned to the Second Cavalry, United States army, in which he served as lieutenant, adjutant and captain until March, 1875, when he was appointed major and paymaster of the United States army, which position he now holds and is stationed at St. Paul; was married in December, 1875, to Caroline E. McCorkle, of New York city; has two children, Elliot and Mary. He is an accomplished gentleman, and much esteemed as a wise and prudent officer.

Miss Nellie married Mr. William Taylor, a wholesale merchant of Toledo, Ohio.

Miss Sarah married Mr. William V. Law.

PATRICK GOLDEN

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Was born at Boyle, Ireland, in 1807. He left home at twenty-two years of age, and landed at Quebec after seven weeks and three days of sailing. He took steamer from Quebec to Montreal, then took Durham boat drawn by four horses and poled by men to Lachine Rapids their boat was drawn over the rapids by twenty-three yoke of oxen; from thence by steamer to Oswego, N. Y., from thence to Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Toledo, and arrived at Monroe in October, 1835. carpenter by trade, and was boss carpenter in building the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad from Toledo to Adrian. Purchased eighty acres of land in Lenawee county. Built by contract the Mansion House in Ohio City, the first hotel built in that city. Was in the employ of Stevens & Storms, and assisted in building the residence of Dr. George Landon, near the site of the old Michigan Southern Railroad depot in the first ward; also the residence of Parson John O'Brien in the first ward. Assisted Mr. George Bachelor in building the first Methodist church on Monroe street. With Peter Beitzel (father of Henry Beitzel, of this city), Egbert Cole and Alexander Ragen, built the first Methodist church in Ann Arbor. sisted in building for General Henry Smith his residence on Elm avenue in the city of Monroe, now owned and occupied by I. E. Ilgianfritz; also the residence of Mr Clancy on First street in third ward, now owned and occupied by Sidney Prentiss.

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Patrick Golden was married to Mary McDonough May 3, 1838. Immediately thereafter he took the contract for and built for the

Canada.

Adelle Granger Bates married Mr. Burk Stone, a wholesale merchant of Chicago.

Agnes A. Bates married Mr. Arthur W. Wellington, civil engineer, and editor of Engineering News, of New York city.

Henry Bates, the second son, is a civil and mining engineer, a graduate of the Michigan University, now identified with the fortunes of Leadville and Gunnison, Colorado, and in point of time one of the pioneers of that State.

John S. Bates is married and living in Montreal, Canada, and one of the firm of Davis Lawrence Manufacturing Company.

road from Osseo to Hillsdale under General Levi S. Humphrey, commissioner of the State, taking three years to complete the contract. After completing this contract, he built for the same parties eight miles of Michigan Southern Railroad west of Coldwater. Mr. Golden was extensively engaged in burning and selling lime for a number of years. He took a contract for building a large portion of the plank road from Monroe to Flat Rock, which proved a total loss to him. Mr. Golden purchased and improved a farm of 128 acres on Sandy Creek, built a handsome residence thereon, and after occupying it but four years, it was with all his

furniture destroyed by fire. He subsequently deeded one-half of the farm to his son William.

Mr. Patrick Golden had four sons and one daughter: William, who married Mary Lynch, resides on his farm on Sandy Creek; Joseph, who married the daughter of John Davis, of this city; Augustus, who married the daughter of James Pentony, of this city; Charles, who married the daughter of Touissant Soleau, now the prosecuting attorney of Monroe county; Maria, who married the son of Touissant Soleau, of this city.

Patrick Golden visited his old home in Ireland in 1885 after an absence of half a century. He found but five of his old acquaintances living.

SEBA MURPHY

Was born at Scituate, Rhode Island, July 25, 1787, and when quite young was connected with the large and respectable mercantile and commercial house of DeGraff, Walton & Co., of Schenectady. In 1812 he was sent to Canada to take charge of a branch establishment, and while there the war with Great Britain broke out. In endeavoring to effect his escape to the United States he undertook with other Americans to cross the ice from Bath, Canada West, to Cape Vincent. A blinding and furious snowstorm coming on at the time caused them to lose their way, and he unfortunately fell into the ice and froze his feet; being thus discovered by the British picket guard, he was seized as a prisoner of war and carried back to Kingston. He suffered the amputation of both of his feet, and was detained there until rescued by Ben Johnson and other members of the Masonic order of Bath, who managed to conceal him in the bottom of a sleigh filled with bags of oats, drove him to Prescott, and during the night safely conveyed him across the river to Ogdensburg. Returning to Schenectady he remained there until the spring of 1818, when he removed to Ovid, Seneca county, New York, and engaged in mercantile business with Colonel Philip R. Tull, late of Monroe, Michigan. He there held the office of county clerk for two successive terms.

In the year 1835 he removed to Monroe city, Michigan, in which place he held the office of county commissioner, State senator, register of deeds, for many years the financial agent in

this city of the Michigan Southern Railway Company, and county treasurer for two terms. The latter office he held at the time of his death, and while in the discharge of the duties incident to it at the capital, he was summoned to exchange the fleeting pleasures of earth for the purer and more exalted joys of a higher and better state of existence, and on the morning of the 16th of November, 1854, with abiding faith and unwavering confidence in his Redeemer, calmly and sweetly as an infant in its mother's arms, "He fell asleep in Jesus."

He became a member of the Presbyterian church in Ovid, N. Y., and continued to the day of his death an exemplary Christian, an upright and generous man and neighbor, with a heart in sympathy with the sick and afflicted, highly esteemed by all who knew him. His residence at the time of his death was the twostory brick building in the First ward, near the Waterloo Mills, recently destroyed by firė.

Previous to his escape and capture he frequently visited Bellsville, in Canada, and was devoted in his attentions to Miss Margaret Davy (sister of the late Mrs. Daniel B. Miller, of Monroe, Michigan), whom he subsequently married. They had one son, the Hon. William Walton Murphy, and four daughters. The daughters before marriage spent a number of years in Germany, and returned to Monroe accomplished German scholars.

The Hon. Nathaniel Howe, a lawyer of Monroe, married the eldest daughter. After her decease he married the second daughter, Ann Maria.

The third daughter married Edward P. Campbell, of Conneaut, Ohio, who subsequently removed to and still resides in Monroe. The fruits of this marriage are two daughters and three sons, now living: Caroline, who married Mr. James T. Eaglerfield, of Indianapolis, Indiana, both being graduates of the Michigan State University; and Lilla L. Campbell, who married Dr. Harry Downs, of Stilson, Kansas.

The fourth daughter, Sarah, married Dr. Luke H. Cooper, a practicing physician for a number of years in Monroe, who subsequently removed to and is now a practicing physician in West Bay City, Michigan.

I may mention here in connection with the biography of the Hon. Seba Murphy, that Ben Johnson, "the lake pirate," so called in early times, was one of the number of those

who assisted Mr. Murphy in his escape from Canada—an exceedingly courageous, energetic, brave and wealthy man. He was suspected by the British authorities, who confiscated all of his property, for which he ever after entertained bitter feelings of hatred and revenge toward the British Government. He subsequently owned a number of the islands in the St. Lawrence River known as the Thousand Islands, and had frequent opportunities of gratifying his feelings of hatred and revenge, and probably proved as great an annoyance as any man on the St. Lawrence River to the British authorities. He in after years identified himself with the Patriot cause, and was greatly distinguished as one of the most fearless, daring and brave, feared by the Canadian authorities more than any one man enlisted or engaged in the Patriot War, generally accredited with having captured and burned the steamer "Sir Robert Peel."

The daughter of Ben Johnson inherited the courage of her father; was in full sympathy with his feelings of hatred and revenge. She was distinguished as an athlete; few excelled her in the management of a boat, in skating and swimming. Excursions from the main land to the islands, eight or ten miles, alone in her cedar boat, were frequently made. She was very efficient in secretly furnishing supplies during the Patriot War, and was known and styled on the St. Lawrence River as "Queen of the Thousand Islands." Her beautiful cedar boat, in which she performed so many acts of heroism, was finally presented by her to the companion of her youthful days, the Hon. Joseph M. Sterling, of the city of Monroe, who still has it in his possession, preserving it as a memento of the Queen of the Thousand Islands.

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Howe. Upon the return of Mr. Howe (his brother-in-law) to the East, Mr. Murphy formed a copartnership with the Hon. Witter J. BaxHe was also a partner in the Jonesville. banking house of E. O. Grosvenor & Company; was for several years the editor and publisher of the Jonesville Telegraph.

In March, 1839, he went to the village of Branch, then the seat of justice for Branch county, and purchased of the executors of the estate of Levi Collier, the press which had been used in that place. This was the first printing press in Hillsdale county, and the first paper was issued April 13, 1839. Mr. Murphy represented Hillsdale county in the State legislature before the removal of the capital from Detroit. In the winter of 1849 he was married to Ellen Beaumont, of Monroe, who still survives him.

In 1861 Mr. Murphy was appointed United States consul-general at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, and served there as consul for eight years, performing his duties with signal ability and faithfulness. Private and public citizens united in showing their appreciation and esteem of one who was always their warmest friend in the days of their imperial prosperity, and subsequently in their provincial condition. He gained, by a peculiar frankness, a firm footing among the people, and inspired confidence in himself and in his country. Among the great financiers of the country he worked with all his power in support of the American cause and in the years 1861, 1862 and 1863, he was one of the chief supporters of our securities in this country, and therefore in the German and continental markets His successful, energetic efforts in counteracting the attempt to quarter troops upon American citizens in Germany is deserving of an extended notice, and will ever be remembered by American citizens at Frankfort, as well as citizens of Frankfort, with gratitude.

Previous to 1866 Frankfort-on-the-Main was a free, republican city, and the seat of the old German Bund. When the rupture between Prussia and Austria occurred, her sympathies were with Austria and the confederate coalition, though she did not send any troops into the field, and was herself without the means of defense. From the first, Prussia looked upon her as a hotbed of Austrian sympathies, and on the 14th day of July the Prussian army was reported near by, and the remnant of the