Source: History of Washtenaw County, Michigan (1906)
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History of Washtenaw County, Michigan (1906).
Resident of Ann Arbor.
Educated in Cayuga County, NY, at Carey Collegiate Seminary (Genesee Co.) and Auburn Academy.
Kept books for his father's farm/woolen business.
Married Elizabeth A. Bentley in 1850 in Ontario County, NY.
Came to Michigan in 1854, settled in Northfield township (farming and teaching until 1863).
Served as Supervisor, ran for State Senator 1860, elected Sheriff 1862 and re-elected 1864, Supervisor 1867, Justice of the Peace for Ann Arbor 1880.
Appointed Postmaster of Gravel Run by President Buchanan.
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