Kent County family index

Families of Kent County, Michigan, from the County Histories

575 people from the county histories of Kent County, Michigan: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From History of Kent County, Michigan ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... biographies of representative citizens. History of Michigan .. (1881). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Kent County index, A to Z (575)

Abel

Albee

Alden

Aldrich

Alger

Allen

Allyn

Ames

  • John Ames; child of Elijah Ames and Susannah (Stone) Ames

Amsden

  • James B. Amsden (b. 1838); child of Jacob Amsden and Mary (Bosworth) Amsden

Anderson

Angell

  • Crawford Angell (b. 1827); child of Daniel Angell and Sarali (Kilton) Angell

Anson

Arnold

Auble

Aukney

Bailey

Balcom

Baldwin

Bale

Barge

Barnard

Barnes

Bates

Beach

Beckwith

Beede

Belknap

Benham

Bergy

  • Tobias Bergy (b. 1851); child of Isaac Bergy and Nancy Bergy

Berridge

  • John Berridge (b. 1845); child of John Berridge and Dorcas Berridge

Black

Blain

Blodgett

Bloomer

Bloomfield

Boise

Bowers

  • Benjamin Bowers (b. 1845); child of Henry Bowers and Eliza Bowers; married Dora Morningstar

Boyd

Boylon

Boynton

Bradford

Brass

Brewer

Briggs

Brooks

Brower

Brown

Buchanan

  • John G. Buchanan (b. 1824); child of Samuel Buchanan and Elizabeth (Stewart) Buchanan

Buell

Bullard

Bulliment

  • John Bulliment (b. 1852, Lorain County); child of Thomas Bulliment and Hannah (Driffill) Bulliment

Bush

  • James Bush (b. 1821); child of William Bush and Margaret (Countryman) Bush

Buss

Buttrick

Byrne

  • James Byrne (b. 1814); child of John Byrne and Mary (Welch) Byrne

Calkins

Camp

Carlton

Carpenter

Carrel

Casey

Caukin

  • Rufin Caukin (b. 1833); child of Ephraim Caukin and Betsy Caukin

Chadwick

Chalmers

Champlin

Chapman

Chase

Chesebro

Chickering

Chittenden

Christenson

Chubb

  • Uriah Chubb (b. 1806); child of Ira Chubb and Mercy Chubb

Clark

Clay

Clemens

  • Noah B. Clemens (b. 1849); child of Amos M. Clemens and Mary Wismer Clemens

Clements

Clifford

Close

Closs

  • John J. Closs (b. 1845); child of Caleb Closs and Lydia (Jones) Closs

Coffee

  • John Coffee (b. 1812); child of William Coffee and Mary (Gooding) Coffee

Coleman

Comstock

Cook

Coolbaugh

Coon

Coppens

Cordes

Courtwright

Covell

Cowan

Cowles

Cranmer

  • Charles Cranmer (b. 1817); child of David Cranmer and Bethia (Mills) Cranmer

Cranston

Crawford

  • Alfred Crawford (b. 1847); child of Jonas Crawford and Margaret (Smith) Crawford; married Emma E. Wilson

Creek

Crocker

  • Sanford Crocker (b. 1852); child of Noah L. Crocker and Betsey E. (Sadler) Crocker

Croninger

Crow

  • George Crow (b. 1832); child of Elias Crow and Philatha Crow

Crumback

Cuming

Curtiss

  • John L. Curtiss (b. 1835); child of Chauncey Curtiss and Polly (Adams) Curtiss

Cutler

Danton

  • Joseph Danton (b. 1809); child of William Danton and Sarah (Mecller) Danton

Darling

  • John Darling (b. 1827); child of Andrew Darling and Eliza (Teed) Darling

Daube

  • August Daube (b. 1841); child of John Daube and Teressa Daube

Davis

Day

  • Loren Day (b. 1844, Macomb County); child of Daniel W. Day and Esther Day

Denison

  • Morris W. Denison (b. 1825); child of Gideon H. Denison and Christiana (Dibble) Denison

Dennis

Densmore

Dietz

Dikeman

Dille

Doekeray

Dolbee

Donge

Donnellon

Doyle

  • Martin Doyle (b. 1814); child of Daniel Doyle and Elizabeth Doyle

Dresser

Driele

Drury

Dunham

  • William Dunham (b. 1824); child of John Dunham and Julia (Billiard) Dunham

Dutcher

Dygert

Eaton

Ecker

Edie

Edison

Edwards

Eichelsdorfer

Eldredge

Ely

Emmons

  • John T. Emmons (b. 1817); child of Andrew Emmons and Sarah (Kelley) Emmons

Escott

Farrell

Feakins

  • Edward Feakins (b. 1796); child of Henry Feakins and Sarah (Russell) Feakins

Ferguson

Ferry

Finch

Fish

Fitch

Flynn

Folger

Ford

Fox

Fraser

Frost

Fuller

Gardner

  • Ira Gardner (b. 1825); child of William Gardner and Lena (Minna) Gardner

Garfield

Gee

Gelock

Gilbert

Gill

Gillam

Glass

Godwin

Gooding

Goodrich

Goozen

  • Peter Goozen (b. 1824); child of Jacob Goozen and Elizabeth (Zevoult) Goozen; married Mattie Liston

Graham

  • Robert Graham (b. 1828); child of Robert Graham and Catherine (Robinson) Graham; married Ada C. Fellows

Grant

Graves

Green

  • Henry Green (b. 1820); child of Jacob Green and Rebecca (Young) Green

Griswold

  • Jabez W. Griswold (b. 1817); child of Nathaniel Griswold and Mary (Shaw) Griswold
  • Scott Griswold (b. 1840); child of Jabez W. Griswold and Eliza (Edgar) Griswold

Grove

Guild

  • Edward Guild (b. 1816, Onondaga county); married Catherine Powley

Hake

Hamblin

  • Luman Hamblin (b. 1830); child of Samuel Hamblin and Drusilla (Collins) Hamblin; married Elizabeth Gray

Hammond

Harrington

Harrison

Hartmann

Hartwell

Haskin

Hatch

  • Ira C. Hatch (b. 1852); child of Ira S. Hatch and Mary P. (Chesbrough) Hatch

Hayes

Headley

Heath

  • W. Heath (b. 1837); child of James Heath and Mary A. (Mann) Heath

Hebard

Henshaw

Herkner

Hewes

Hill

  • Otis Hill (b. 1821); child of David Hill and Lovicia Hill
  • Thompson Hill (b. 1823); child of Thomas Hill and Susan (Thompson) Hill

Hilton

Hine

Hinsdill

Hitchcock

Hogadone

Holcomb

  • Morris Holcomb (b. 1837); child of Fleming Holcomb and Louisa (Stone) Holcomb

Holmes

Holt

Hoover

Hormuth

Horton

Houghton

  • Samuel Houghton (b. 1839); child of Henry Seymour Houghton and Elizabeth (Betts) Houghton

House

  • James W. House (b. 1830); child of Andrew House; married Callistia Shaw

Houseman

Howard

Hoyt

  • Edwin Hoyt; child of Edwin Hoyt and Catherine G. Hoyt

Hunt

Hunter

Hyde

  • Oscar F. Hyde (b. 1817); child of Charles Hyde; married Julia Walling
  • Charles Hyde; child of Charles Hyde; married Eliza A. Kay

Hydorn

Impson

Ipe

  • Solomon Ipe (b. 1839); child of Jacob Ipe and Sarah Ipe

Jackoboice

Jamison

Jenks

Jewell

Jipson

  • Almon Jipson (b. 1806); child of Webster Jipson and Betsey Jipson

Johnson

Jones

  • John Jones; child of John Jones and Sarah (Philips) Jones

Judd

  • Samuel Judd (b. 1806); child of Samuel Judd and Phidelia (Wright) Judd

Keirams

  • Thomas Keirams (b. 1825); child of Owen Keirams and Mary (Matthews) Keirams

Keller

Kelley

Kellogg

Kendall

Kennedy

Kiel

Kimm

King

Kinney

Kinsey

Konkle

  • Elijah Konkle (b. 1827); child of Abram Konkle and Catherine Konkle

Koon

Kopf

Kortlander

Kotois

Krum

Lacy

  • James D. Lacy (b. 1819); child of Aaron B. Lacy and Margaret A. Lacy

Lamoreaux

Lane

Langs

  • Wallace Langs (b. 1850); child of William Langs and Mary (Dunn) Langs

Lapham

  • Smith Lapham (b. 1804); child of Job Lapham; married Catharine Gilbert

Laubenstein

Lawyer

Lean

Leatherman

Lee

  • Edmund Lee (b. 1827); child of Edmund Lee and Alice (Piatt) Lee; married Lucy A. Bicknell
  • William H. Lee (b. 1842); child of Benjamin P. Lee and Mary (Martin) Lee
  • Eugene Lee (b. 1859)

Leeuw

  • Joseph Leeuw (b. 1823); child of Gilbert Leeuw and Mary Leeuw

Leitelt

Lemoin

Lewis

  • Loran Lewis (b. 1822); child of Samuel Lewis and Lucy (Loomer) Lewis

Leyendecker

  • John Leyendecker (b. 1826); child of John Leyendecker and Elizabeth (Gorg) Leyendecker

Liebler

Linderman

Livingston

  • John Livingston (b. 1811); child of Samuel Livingston and Sarah Livingston
  • William Livingston (b. 1818); child of Silas Livingston and Elizabeth (Truesdale) Livingston

Lockerby

Lohr

  • Henry Lohr (b. 1841); child of Peter Lohr and Elizabeth Lohr

Long

Louckes

  • John Louckes (b. 1806); child of John Louckes and Electa Louckes

Lovejoy

Lucas

Luce

Lynch

Lyon

Mabie

  • Nelson Mabie (b. 1832); child of Amos C. Mabie and Anor (Fisher) Mabie

Malinn

  • Patrick Malinn (b. 1808); child of Patrick Malinn and Maria (Plunkett) Malinn

Mann

Marsten

  • Henry H. Marsten (b. 1840, Orleans County); child of Ephraim G. Marsten and Nancy L. (Hastings) Marsten

Martindale

McArthur

McCarthy

McEwan

McEwen

McKenney

McLean

McNaughton

  • John McNaughton (b. 1823); child of Dougald McNaughton and Catherine McNaughton

McNitt

  • William McNitt (b. 1823); child of Daniel McNitt and Jane (Moores) McNitt

McQueen

Mead

Miller

Milmine

Miner

Mitchell

Mohl

Moloney

Montgomery

Moore

Moran

  • John Moran (b. 1839); child of John Moran and Bridget (Hangle) Moran

Morris

Morrison

Mosher

Munro

Murray

  • Lyman Murray (b. 1818); child of Benjamin Murray and Lucinda (Whiting) Murray

Nelson

Norris

Norton

Olin

  • John Olin (b. 1821); child of Caleb Olin and Belinda (Daniels) Olin

Olney

Omans

Owen

  • Loren F. Owen (b. 1847); child of Harmon Owen and Betsey (Silvernale) Owen

Pardee

Parish

Parker

Parsons

Patterson

Pattison

  • John Pattison (b. 1815); child of Thomas Pattison and Jane Pattison

Peck

Peel

  • Thomas Peel (b. 1836); child of Wm. Peel and Elizabeth (North) Peel

Pelton

Pennell

Perry

Pettinger

Pettis

Phelon

Phelps

Phillips

Pickett

Pond

Post

Potts

Powers

Prescott

Proctor

Putnam

Quick

Ransom

Rathbun

Reeves

Richards

Richardson

Richmond

Robinson

Rogers

Ross

  • John Ross (b. 1845); child of Peter Ross and Bridget Ross

Rounds

Roys

  • Myron Roys; child of Lent Roys and Mary (Holmes) Roys

Rusche

  • Peter Rusche (b. 1850); child of Anthony Rusche and Eva Rusche

Rykert

Sage

Salmon

Sargeant

Saunders

Sawyer

Schenck

Scott

Sears

Seeley

Sellers

Sexton

Shaw

Shepard

Sherk

Shisler

  • John W. Shisler (b. 1840); child of Peter Shisler and Sarah (Barnhart) Shisler

Shoemaker

  • Nicholas Shoemaker (b. 1820); child of Rudolph Shoemaker and Margaret (Clapsaddle) Shoemaker

Sipple

  • William Sipple (b. 1846); child of Christopher Sipple and Margaret Sipple

Skidmore

Slayton

Smiley

Smith

Sokup

Solomon

Sowerby

  • Thomas Sowerby (b. 1831); child of John Sowerby and Ann (Ivinson) Sowerby

Spaulding

Sproul

  • Robert Sproul (b. 1850); child of William Sproul and Margaret (Wilson) Sproul

Squier

Stebbins

Steketee

Stevenson

  • Hiram Stevenson (b. 1823); child of Edward Stevenson and Phoebe (Spafford) Stevenson

Stewart

  • John Stewart (b. 1817); child of James Stewart and Margaret (Fulmer) Stewart
  • John R. Stewart (b. 1820); child of Leonard Stewart and Emily (Snell) Stewart
  • Milo B. Stewart (b. 1851); child of John R. Stewart and Sarah E. (Martin) Stewart

Stiff

Stilwell

Stine

Stinson

Stone

Stow

Streeter

Strong

  • Henry W. Strong (b. 1837); child of Ansel Strong and Polly (Sanborn) Strong

Stroup

  • Henry Stroup (b. 1815); child of Michael Stroup and Sarah (Graves) Stroup

Stuart

  • William James Stuart (b. 1844); child of Alexander Stuart and Martha (Noble) Stuart; married Calista Hadley

Sullivan

Sutherland

Swarts

  • Edward Swarts (b. 1836); child of Jacob Swarts and Elizabeth Swarts

Swartz

Symes

  • John Symes (b. 1817); child of Henry Symes and Elizabeth Symes

Tabor

  • Andrew Tabor (b. 1834); child of Henry Tabor and Almira Tabor

Taggart

Thomas

Thompson

Tobey

  • Albert Tobey (b. 1834); child of Levi Tobey and Elizabeth Tobey

Tompsett

Tower

Towner

Trumbull

Turner

Uhl

Vinton

Waite

Walker

Wallen

Watkins

Watts

Weaver

Weeks

  • John P. Weeks (b. 1807); child of Refine Weeks and Margaret (Tobias) Weeks

Welch

Wenham

West

Westlake

  • Samuel Westlake (b. 1821); child of David C. Westlake and Rachel (Waters) Westlake

Weston

Whalen

Wheeler

White

Whitfield

  • Isaiah J. Whitfield (b. 1835); child of Frederick J. Whitfield and Susanna (Churchill) Whitfield; married Kate Knapp

Whitney

  • Martin Whitney (b. 1832); child of Zerab Whitney and Jane (Demond) Whitney

Whittemore

  • Charles A. Whittemore (b. 1850); child of Enoch Whittemore and Rebecca (Frost) Whittemore
  • John Whittemore; child of John Whittemore and Elizabeth (Bentley) Whittemore; married Sophia Putnam

Whitton

Wilder

Wilkinson

Williams

Wilson

Winchester

Winegar

  • Isaac Winegar (b. 1816); child of Isaac Winegar and Leah (Yosburgh) Winegar

Wingler

  • John Wingler (b. 1846); child of Joseph Wingler and Sophia (Freyermuth) Wingler

Winks

  • Charles Winks (b. 1840); child of Amos Winks and Deborah (Tabey) Winks

Withey

Wolcott

Woleott

Wood

  • William J. Wood (b. 1818); child of Nehemiah Wood and Abigail (Rundel) Wood; married Betsey Burgess
  • Clinton A. Wood (b. 1820); child of John Wood and Hannah Wood

Woodcock

Woodruff

Wright

Wykes

Yeiter

Yemmans

  • Clark Yemmans (b. 1827); child of Erastus Yemmans and Hannah (Spencer) Yemmans

Yeomans

  • Eli Yeomans (b. 1811); child of David Yeomans and Catherine Yeomans

Youell

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