Families of Van Buren County, Michigan, from the County Histories

Abrams

• Albert Horace Abrams (b. 1870); child of James Edward Abrams
• James E. Abrams; married Helen Beddo

Alger

• Russell A. Alger (b. 1836, Lafayette Township)

Allen

• Howard S. Allen

Arthurs

• Samuel R. Arthurs (b. 1849, Portage County); child of John R. Arthurs and Francis (Rogers) Arthurs

Austin

• Samuel J. Austin (b. 1844)

Bailey

• Liberty H. Bailey; married Sarah Harrison

Baldwin

• Henry P. Baldwin

Bale

• James Bale (b. 1827); married Eliza Pugsley

Barker

• George H. Barker (b. 1832, Madison County)
• Irwin M. Barker; married Franc C. Burlington

Barnes

• Anson U. Barnes; child of Abel Barnes and Mindwell Barnes; married Mindwell Roberts

Barney

• Austin M. Barney (b. 1821); child of J. A. Barney and A. Barney; married Caroline C. Barney
• Aaron Barney; married Cynthia Barney

Barnum

• Edwin Barnum (b. 1814)

Barton

• Jesse S. Barton; child of William Barton and Charity (Stevens) Barton; married Anna Swick

Bathrick

• Lysander Bathrick (b. 1812); married Phebe Salisbury

Beach

• William Beach (b. 1839, Monroe county); child of Spencer Beach and Sally Jane (Dusenbury) Beach

Bennett

• John Bennett

Blair

• Justin Blair (b. 1818)

Blaisdell

• William Blaisdell; child of John Blaisdell and Louisa (Nichols) Blaisdell

Bond

• George G. Bond (b. 1843); child of Amos Bond

Boyer

• Seymour A. Boyer; married Edith Lyle

Boyle

• George Boyle (b. 1835, Lake township)

Briggs

• Emory O. Briggs; child of Emory O. Briggs and Susan (Stanley) Briggs

Broadwell

• William Broadwell (b. 1838); child of William Henry Broadwell and Olive (Hughnin) Broadwell; married Frances Hale

Brockway

• Hugh Brockway; married Louisa Gilger

Brown

• Orlando Brown (b. 1816)
• A. S. Brown (b. 1819); married Sarah Deming
• Rufus Brown; child of James Brown

Bush

• C. Bush; married Sarah Piper

Byers

• Tobias Byers; child of Jacob Byers and Fannie Byers

Cargo

• George A. Cargo (b. 1840); child of James Cargo and Ann (Montgomery) Cargo

Carroll

• Thomas Carroll (b. 1824); child of Thomas Carroll and Mary (Gaffney) Carroll; married Minnie Moses

Chapman

• Alvin Chapman (b. 1827)
• William H. Chapman (b. 1861, Arlington township)

Charles

• David K. Charles (b. 1829); married Caroline Barnum
• William S. Charles (b. 1839)

Chase

• Edwin A. Chase; married Mary Lillian Buck

Clark

• J. G. Clark (b. 1846)
• William H. Clark (b. 1878)
• Frank J. Clark (Geneva Township)

Cleveland

• Jewett Cleveland (b. 1848, Oswego county); child of Henry Cleveland and Elizabeth (Bessey) Cleveland; married Flora A. Kemble

Cochran

• Andrew M. Cochran (b. 1844, Arlington township); child of James G. Cochran and Sarah (Watson) Cochran

Conklin

• David Conklin (b. 1845, Philadelphia township); child of Richard Conklin and Lucy (Gotham) Conklin; married Ethel Parmeter

Cooley

• Timothy Cooley (b. 1823); child of Timothy Cooley
• Charles Cooley; child of Jacob Cooley and Lavina (Alverson) Cooley

Copley

• Alexander Copley (b. 1822)

Corey

• Nelson Corey (b. 1816); married Betsey Durham
• Sanford Corey

Crapo

• Henry Rowland Crapo (b. 1804); child of Jesse Crapo and Phoebe (Rowland) Crapo

Cronin

• Michael C. Cronin; married Emma Willison

Cross

• Thomas Cross; married Martha Sterling

Croswell

• Charles M. Croswell (b. 1825); child of John Croswell and Sallie (Hicks) Croswell

Curry

• David Curry

Curtenius

• Frederick W. Curtenius; married Nellie Van Heusen

Dayton

• Edwin Dayton (b. 1860); married Martha Henderson

Dean

• Rodney Sanford Dean (b. 1817); child of Orrin Dean and Alcena (Merry) Dean

Dilley

• Arnum H. Dilley (b. 1856); child of Varnum D. Dilley and Margaret J. (Eddy) Dilley; married Hattie White

Doughty

• Jacob Doughty; child of George Doughty and Emeline (Storms) Doughty

Drake

• Lawrence Drake (b. 1853, Lenawee county)

Eagan

• James Eagan (b. 1852); married Phoebe Jane Holloway

Earl

• John Earl; child of Jesse Earl and Jane (Hooper) Earl; married Mary Pembroke

Erkenbeck

• Jacob Erkenbeck

Fausnaugh

• Adelbert Fausnaugh (b. 1861, Geneva township)

Ferguson

• James D. Ferguson; child of Elias Brewster Ferguson and Catherine Ann (Doolittle) Ferguson

Finley

• Edward Finley (b. 1853); child of Patrick Finley and Bridget (Kaley) Finley; married Vienna Smith

Fisher

• Everett Fisher; married Philena Potter

Fletcher

• John Fletcher; child of William Fletcher and Elizabeth (Miles) Fletcher; married Alia H. Ladd

Ford

• Henry Ford (b. 1825); married Kate Coffey

Free

• John Free; married Ann Whaley

Gibson

• Samuel Appleton Gibson (b. 1835)

Goss

• Anson Goss (b. 1834)
• John P. Goss (b. 1841, Portage county); married Harriet Wood

Gremps

• Peter Gremps

Haight

• Lewis Haight; married Patience Kirby

Hall

• Walter Albert Hall (b. 1873, Kalamazoo township); child of Frank Hall and Abby A. (Balch) Hall

Hamilton

• James Hamilton (Halton county); married Jennie V. Sheldon
• Jerome D. Hamilton; child of Monroe M. Hamilton and Caroline Hamilton

Harrison

• Aaron Harrison (b. 1824)
• Albert Harrison (b. 1828)

Harwick

• Peter Harwick; married Belva Root

Haskin

• Albert Haskin (b. 1827); married Olive Pickett

Haven

• Davis Haven; married Mamie L. Gould

Haydon

• Philotus Haydon

Hendryx

• Josiah R. Hendryx (b. 1807)

Hess

• Sylvester M. Hess (b. 1851, Delaware County)

High

• Leon High; married Mary Vought

Hinckley

• J. N. Hinckley (b. 1819)

Hoag

• Orin S. Hoag (b. 1831, Cuyahoga County); married Kate E. Cooper

Hogmire

• Mitchell H. Hogmire (b. 1838); child of Andrew Hogmire and Mary (Whitney) Hogmire; married Jane R. Hogmire

Holmes

• Alvin P. Holmes (Eairfield County); married Cordelia E. Earl

Hood

• Charles Hood; child of Samuel Hood and Rachel (Butcher) Hood; married Annie Kay

Howard

• T. W. Howard (b. 1841, Lawrence township)

Hubbard

• Luther Hubbard; married Minerva Bell
• Silas Hubbard

Hull

• Latham Hull (b. 1812); child of Latham Hull and Elizabeth (Browning) Hull

Humphrey

• Elijah Humphrey (b. 1821); child of Elijah Humphrey

Hungerford

• Henry Hungerford (b. 1834, Oakland county)

Hurlbut

• William H. Hurlbut (b. 1819)

Jennings

• Henry Jennings (b. 1840)

Jerome

• David H. Jerome (b. 1829)

Joyce

• Elizabeth Joyce (Herkimer County)

Karmsen

• Oscar Karmsen (b. 1872); child of Charles Karmsen and Zelma Karmsen; married Martha L. Menbon

Kemp

• Thomas Kemp (b. 1813); married Julia Raven
• Thomas Kemp; married Mary Cone

Kenney

• Villiam M. Kenney (b. 1824); married Mary Sherburne

King

• Edward H. King (b. 1855)

Kinney

• William W. Kinney (b. 1823); married Amanda Clark

Latta

• John Latta (b. 1794); married Luella Washburn

Lee

• Bert Lee; child of C. W. Lee and Minnie (Mead) Lee
• William Lee

Lindsley

• Clarence Herbert Lindsley; child of Elihu Lindsley

Luce

• Cyrus Gray Luce

Lull

• James M. Lull (b. 1830); married Emily Crane

Lyle

• Levi Nelson Lyle (b. 1846); married Ann Armstrong

Lytle

• Charles Lytle (b. 1859, Porter township)

Manley

• James Manley (b. 1854, Keeler township); married Jane A. Olds

Martin

• Oscar D. Martin (b. 1838); child of Harry Martin and Emily (Hungerford) Martin; married Henrietta Smith
• Delbert C. Martin
• Francis Martin; child of William Martin and Mary (Cady) Martin; married Carrie M. Crawford

Mason

• George N. Mason; child of John L. Mason and Ruth (Wright) Mason
• Stephen T. Mason; child of Gen. John T. Mason

Maxwell

• John C. Maxwell; child of James Edward Maxwell and Mary (Conway) Maxwell; married Cleo Lyle Stevens

Mckenzie

• George Mckenzie (b. 1823); married Eva Enlow

Miles

• Fabius Miles; married Lucinda Sheldon

Monroe

• Miles Monroe; child of Samuel Monroe and Laura (Swift) Monroe; married Charlotte I. Walker

Morris

• Samuel Morris (b. 1824); child of Dolphin Morris and Nancy Morris
• Eli As Morris (b. 1832, Decatur township); child of Dolphin Morris and Nancy Morris
• Charles Henry Morris (b. 1847); child of Dolphin Morris and Nancy Morris

Moses

• Judson J. Moses; married Sophia Prater

Moulton

• Charles Moulton (Genesee County); child of Joseph Moulton

Munger

• Russel V. Munger (b. 1837)
• Abner M. Munger; married Loretta Reed

Mutchler

• George Mutchler

Nicholas

• Philip Nicholas (b. 1829); child of Richard Nicholas and Mary (Stephens) Nicholas; married Hannah Payne

Nichols

• John F. Nichols; married Emma Crager

Oppenheim

• Jacob Oppenheim (b. 1854); child of Bernard Oppenheim and Minnie (Demboskey) Oppenheim

Orr

• Robert Orr (Davenport Township); child of Hugh Orr and Rebecca (Whitney) Orr

Orton

• Royal F. Orton (b. 1879); married Bertha Krogel

Osborn

• Erastus Osborn; child of Stephen Osborn
• James M. Osborn; child of Stephen Osborn; married Julia R. Allen

Packard

• Alfred S. Packard (b. 1834); child of William Packard and Mary (Rude) Packard
• William Packard; child of Amasa Packard and Lucinda Packard

Palmer

• Amos H. Palmer; married Carrie Mathews
• Ezra A. Palmer (Orleans County); child of Henry R. Palmer and Margaret (Plantz) Palmer

Parker

• Orrin Parker (b. 1788)

Parsons

• Andrew Parsons (b. 1782); child of John Parsons

Penwell

• Gabriel F. Penwell (b. 1826); child of A. C. Penwell and Sarah Penwell; married Eda Ann Morris

Phelps

• Henry P. Phelps

Phillips

• Richard Phillips; married Stella Burch
• Villiam Phillips; married Elizabeth Markley

Pierce

• Clark Pierce (b. 1814)

Plopper

• Madison H. Plopper (b. 1842, Madison County); child of Stephen Plopper and Phebe A. (Palmer) Plopper; married Lavinia Stearns

Pugsley

• Villiam H. Pugsley (b. 1844); married Sarah A. Harris

Putney

• Hester A. Putney; child of John Putney; married Elizabeth Parker

Rankin

• John E. Rankin (b. 1841)

Ransom

• William Clark Ransom (b. 1828, Belmont county)
• Thomas Harvey Ransom; child of William Clark Ransom

Rathbun

• Niles Rathbun (b. 1821, Cayuga County); married Harriet C. Woodward

Rhoads

• Oren Rhoads; married Harriet Wood

Robbins

• John Robbins (b. 1832); child of Abraham Robbins and Mary (Johns) Robbins

Robertson

• Samuel Robertson; married Oretta R. Dean

Robinson

• Claude Robinson (b. 1888); married Eliza Mattock
• Elvin L. Robinson; child of H. J. Robinson; married Mary Martin

Rood

• Edward A. Rood; married Flora M. Warner
• Frank Edwards Rood; child of Edward A. Rood and Flora M. (Warner) Rood; married Loretta C. Updyke

Rowland

• Oran W. Rowland (b. 1839); married Mary A. Benjamin

Schuyler

• Oliver R. Schuyler (Oneida County); child of Ransom Schuyler and Catherine E. (Dow) Schuyler

Scott

• Leslie Scott (b. 1856); child of Leslie Scott and Elizabeth (Elliott) Scott; married Lydia E. Penoyar
• John Scott
• William K. Scott; child of John Scott

Sebring

• John Sebring (b. 1818)

Shered

• John B. Shered; child of Andrew Shered

Sherrod

• Philip Sherrod (b. 1829)

Sherwood

• Harvey C. Sherwood (b. 1835); child of Amos Sherwood and Mary (Campbell) Sherwood

Shimmel

• Solomon Shimmel; child of Richard Shimmel and Susan (Auysbury) Shimmel

Simmons

• Jeremiah H. Simmons (b. 1800)

Simpson

• Emery H. Simpson; married Mary A. Thompson

Slawson

• Nathan Slawson (Yates County)

Southard

• John Southard (b. 1795)

Stockbridge

• Francis B. Stockbridge; married Betsey Arnold

Stuart

• David R. Stuart (Schoolcraft Township)

Surdam

• N. L. Surdam; married Elizabeth Lockwood

Sutton

• Luther Sutton (b. 1825, Onondaga County); married Priscilla J. Bancroft

Tallman

• Aston Tallman (b. 1827); married Helen S. Tarbell

Taylor

• N. S. Taylor (b. 1829)

Tedrow

• Aaron K. Tedrow (b. 1827)

Thomas

• R. Nathaniel D. Thomas (b. 1826, Logan County); child of Nathaniel Thomas
• Albert P. Thomas (b. 1837); child of Zimri D. Thomas and Mary (Sanderson) Thomas

Torrey

• Arthur Torrey (b. 1883); married Mary Jane Warren

Truesdell

• Erastus Truesdell; married Miranda Matthews

Upham

• Ezra S. Upham (b. 1821); married Sarah Hunter

Upjohn

• Henry Uriah Upjohn (b. 1843, Richland Township)

Vanauken

• John M. Vanauken; married Phebe A. Dawlcy

Vaughan

• Orley Mason Vaughan (b. 1853); child of Robert W. Vaughan and Eliza Jane (Hatch) Vaughan; married Mary Pitts

Warner

• Jasper P. Warner; child of Josiah Warner and Achsah (Eastman) Warner

Warren

• Hugh E. Warren (b. 1862, Van Buren county)

Waterbury

• Daniel Waterbury; married Rachel Head

Webb

• Anderson C. Webb (b. 1811); married Laura M. Rhodes

Wiggins

• Milan Wiggins; child of Nahum Wiggins and Phoebe (Dunham) Wiggins

Wilson

• John Wilson (b. 1842); married Charlotte Moden

Winans

• Edwin B. Winans

Wise

• A. S. Wise (b. 1830, Washington township); married Hannah J. Read
• David Wise; married Fanny S. Sortor

Wood

• Walter A. Wood (b. 1875); child of Henry Wood and Ellen (Torrey) Wood; married Lena Pease

Woodard

• Orin J. Woodard; married Melissa E. Stratton

Woodbridge

• William Woodbridge (b. 1780)

Woodman

• David Woodman (b. 1818); married Jane Harris
• Jonathan J. Woodman (b. 1825); child of Joseph Woodman and Tryphena Woodman

Young

• Marion Young (b. 1848)

Zook

• William E. Zook (b. 1873)