Born in Duchess county, New York, July 27, 1812; removed to Monroe county in 1836. He settled on the farm which he at present occupies when it was a dense forest with neither roads nor schools. The town was first organized with but three houses in the village of Dundee. He was compelled to get his grinding done at Monroe. Through his untiring efforts he now has a fine farm and is blessed with every comfort of life. He was married in Monroe county, Mich., May 18, 1843, to Catherine Slayton, born in Pennsylvania, March 8, 1828, and daughter of Ebenezer and Betsy (Steel) Slayton, who in 1836 removed to Monroe county. S. Adee is the father of Betsy A. born March and died August 28, 1847; Eleanor A. died February 28, 1848; Nathan W. died February 28, 1848; Lysander born February 15, 1848 resides in Dundee township; Rosana M. born December 25, 1850, resides with parents; Ebenezer, September 15, 1861. Mr. Adee's son, William, served one year in the War of the Rebellion. He died at Nashville, Tennessee, age twenty-two years. Samuel Adee, residing in Dundee township is engaged in farming. Address, Dundee, Michigan.

The only son on the late Hon. Daniel T. Arbuckle, County Judge and Surrogate, is today, at the age of twenty-six years, one of the most prominent men in the town of Delhi, where he is conducting a large coal business, in the owner of a flour and feed mill and an elevator, and is an extensive retail dealer in grain and feed. His entire life has been spent in this vicinity, his birth having occurred in Delhi, April 23, 1868. 

His grandfather, Nathaniel Arbuckle, a native of Scotland, emigrated to America at the age of eighteen, and for a few years worked upon a farm in Canada. From there he came to Delhi, where he purchased a partially cleared tract of land, and engaged in farming pursuits. He married, and reared a family of six children, namely; Margaret, who married Henry

Rice, a farmer of Delhi; William B.; James N.; Daniel T.; C.J.; and Peter B. He rounded out a full period of seventy-five years; and his wife, who died at the home of her son Daniel, lived to the age of threescore and ten years. Both were faithful members of the Presbyterian church of Delhi. 

Daniel T. Arbuckle obtained his elementary education in the district schools of Delhi, and was fitted for college at the Delaware Academy. He entered Union College, and, after being graduated from there, began the study of law with Colonel Robert Parker, of Delhi, an uncle of Judge Amasa J. Parker, of Albany. After his admission to the bar he began the practice of his profession in his native town, where he soon had an extensive clientage, and continued in active practice until 1883, when he was elected to the branch of the County court. Judge Arbuckle retained this honored position until 1888, when by reason of continued ill health he retired from aciive life. His death occurred on March 9, 1894, at the age of fifty-seven years. In memory of his distinguished services as jurist and citizen the Delaware County bar passed resolutions of respect and sympathy, rightly speaking of Judge Arbuckle as "having discharged his duties in all the various relations in life, not only in his professional, but in his judicial career and in the ordinary walks of life, with great care, credit, honor, and honesty"; paying a tribute to "his unswerving integrity, his devotion to the interests of his clients and the discharge of public duties, his painstaking methods of business, his uprightness of chatacter, and purity of heart"; attesting "his ability as a lawyer, his fairness as a judge, and his worth as a citizen"; deploring his early removal "at a time in life when there appeared to be many years of usefulness before him, and the future for him looked bright and promising. A good man has passed away; a wise counsellor has gone to his reward; a kind and devoted husband and father has been called to his eternal rest; a noble, upright, conscientious citizen has joined the great majority." 

Judge Arbuckle married Elizabeth J. Peters, who was one of six children born to John and Jane (Blakeley) Peters, of Bloomville. Mr Peters, who is a hale and hearty man, well advanced in years, has been engaged in agricultural pursuits during his life, having been the owner of a good farm in Bloomville, and also carried on a brisk trade in buying and selling butter. His wife long since passed to the better world. Judge and Mrs. Arbuckle reared three children, two daughters and a son. The eldest, Agnes, who was graduated from Vassar College, is a teacher of rare ability. Jennie, the other daughter, is an able assistant to her brother, the subject of this sketch, in the extensive business, having entire charge of the books and accounts, and representing him in his absence. 

John N. Arbuckle was the first child born to his parents. He received a practical education, attending primarily the village school, and later the Delaware Academy. At the age of eighteen years he entered the post-office as a clerk under Henry Davis, remaining there three years. This not being a sufficiently active calling for one of his wide-awake and alert business proclivities, he established himself as a dealer in coal. In 1891, in company with Mr. Penfield, he purchased a mill, and shortly afterward built the elevator and storehouse, and in conjunction with his coal business dealt extensively in grain and feed. In September, 1893, Mr. Arbuckle purchased the interest of his partner, and has since continued in business alone. In politics Mr. Arbuckle is a steadfast Democrat. Religiously, he belongs to the Presbyterian church, of which he is a Trustee, and of which his mother is also an esteemed member. 

These three children are to Mrs. Arbuckle a great help and comfort, each and all doing everything possible to make her pathway a pleasant one. The family residence, which is beautifully situated upon an eminence overlooking the village, indicates in all of its appointments the exercise of cultivated taste and ample means. 

Theophilus was born on January 30, 1830, on the family estate where he now lives. His grandfather, Pardon Austin, was of English descent and a native of Rhode Island. where he was a skilled tanner and shoemaker. Purchasing a tract of one hundred and forty-seven and one half acres of land in Delaware County, he established a tannery near Arkville, still following also for about twenty years his other trade of shoemaking. He bought the frame of a grist-mill on White Brook and built a house, and also put up the first frame barn in Middletown. He afterward moved to the Carter farm and eventually to Erie County. Pennsylvania, where he died, in his eighty-third year. He was a Whig, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, Jane Stanton. lived to be eighty-three years old, and was the mother of eight children: Pardon, Alexander, Jane, Laura. Malinda. Rhoda, Henrietta, and Freeman.

Alexander Austin was born at the old homestead on April 5, 1798. Having grown to manhood, he bought the farm and, dropping the tannery, went on with the improvement of the place. He also bought and cleared one hundred and thirty acres more, making his home here till his death, when sixty- three years old. At the age of twenty-one, on December 19, 1819, he married Deborah Dean who was born August 16, 1804, a daughter of William and Mary (Mott) Dean. Mr. Dean was a Delaware farmer, and conducted a carding factory. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Austin, namely: Alfred L., February 11, 1822; William D., August 16, 1823; Adaline, December 23, 1826; Henry M., December 1, 1828; Julia, August 12, 1832; Clarinda, October 6, 1835; Huldah, born February 5, 1838; Polly D., March 4, 1843; Theophilus G., January 30, 1830. Mr. Austin was a Republican, and served his town as Postmaster. His wife, who was a member of the Baptist church, lived to the age of seventy-two years.

Theophilus G. Austin was educated in the district schools, and continued during his youth and early manhood to work with his father, putting the farm into a high state of cultivation, and was thirty years of age when the estate came into his possession. He won the heart and hand of Miss Huldah Allison, one of Middletown's maidens, and the child of Jefferson T. and Margaret (Paul) Allison. Mr. Allison was a mason and farmer in prosperous circumstances, on the stream known as Platter Kill. Mrs. Austin had five brothers: James F., William T., Andrew B., Hiram H., and Amos. The children of the marriage of Theophilus Austin and Miss Allison were: Margaret, born December 1, 1870; Deborah. March 19. 1873; William T., born March 23, 1879; and Alfred L., born on August 8, 1882.

The old house of his ancestors has been entirely remodeled since Mr. Theophilus Austin came into possession of it : and he has built a new barn, wagon-house, and other outbuildings. Five thousand rods of stone wall lately built have greatly enhanced the value of the farm, which has an exceptionally fine location, being on the U. & D. K Railroad, within two miles of Margaretville, and one mile distant from Arkville. Mr. Austin is liberal in his religious views, believing that Christianity is embodied in the practical application of the Golden Rule rather than in formulated theology. His wife is a member of the Methodist church. He is a Republican in politics. A beautiful home, happy domestic relations, and the esteem of his contemporaries are the rewards of his well-spent years.

John P. Blakely, a prominent farmer of Kortright, was born in this town, June 18, 1845, son of James G. and Susan (McAuley) Blakely, both of whom were natives of the town. The father was born January 12, 1810, and the mother July 23, 1813. James G. Blakely was a son of William, who was born in Washington County, and moved to the town of Kortright in 1808, when quite a young man, purchasing a farm of about nine hundred acres. At the time of his advent in the town it was in a very primitive state, most of the land being covered with timber, requiring the expenditure of much energy and time to bring it under cultivation. This Mr. Blakely successfully accomplished. In addition to his farm he also kept a tavern, which was the first one in the town. He raised a family of nine children, all of whom grew to maturity, one Mrs. Sarah Mitchell, being alive at this time. William Blakely died on the homestead, aged seventy-four. In politics he was a Democrat. James G. Blakely was educated in the district schools of Kortright. He was a successful farmer and dairyman, owning a farm of three hundred acres, part of the old homestead. He and his wife Susan, had eight children, five of whom are now living, namely: Mrs. Agnes Thomas, widow of John Thomas, residing in the town of Stamford; William, Jennie M., and John P., all of Kortright; and Rebecca S., who resides at home. Mr. James G. Blakely died April 15, 1882.

John P. Blakely was educated in the district schools of Kortright and at the Stamford Academy, and then engaged in teaching for two terms. He afterward devoted his attention to general farming, also making a specialty of dairying, owning fifty head of cattle. Mr. Blakely is a man of progressive ideas, and has remodelled and improved the farm buildings until the estate is second to none in the county. He is a member of the West Kortright Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Democrat. He has never been prominent in politics, neither has he ever sought any public office. He is a man of great popularity with his fellows, and the type of an honest, intelligent, industrious, and well-to-do farmer.

Miles Bramley, favorably known in the town of Walton as an enterprising farmer, is the proprietor of a fine homestead pleasantly situated on the river road about three miles from the village. The place of his birth was in the town of Bovina, Delaware County; its date, December 19, 1831. Mr. Bramley is the worthy representative of an old New England family, his paternal grandfather, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, having been a life-long resident of that part of the Union, and one of its respected farmers.

Henry Bramley, the father of Miles. was reared to manhood in his New England home, but after his marriage removed to this part of New York, and, settling in the town of Bovina, bought the farm on which his youngest son, Girard Bramley, now lives. There he toiled early and late, and by unremitting labor improved a good homestead, where he and his faithful wife and helpmate spent their remaining years, he passing away at the age of fourscore and four years, and she living to celebrate her eighty-fifth birthday. Her maiden name was Betsey Wright, and she was a life-long resident of Delaware County. She bore her husband twelve children: namely, Mary Ann, Phebe Ann, Sylvanus, William, John, Amanda, James, Susan, Charles, Miles, Alexander, and Girard. Of this large family five sons and two daughters are still living. The mother was a practical Christian woman, and was identified with the Methodist church, to which she belonged for many years.

Miles Bramley assisted his father in opening up his farm, and made his home with his parents until he was twenty-five years of age. He then purchased land in Bloomville, in the town of Kortright, and for two years was employed in the labors of husbandry. The following year he spent in Bovina, coming thence to Walton, when he bought a farm on which he has since resided. He raises hay and grain, but pays especial attention to dairying, sending his milk directly to the city of New York.

Mr. Bramley has been twice married. His union with Abigail Nicholas, the daughter of Elijah and Amanda Nicholas, members of the farming community of Bovina, was solemnized on January 6, 1857; and their happy wedded life lasted twenty-five years. Mrs. Abigail Bramley was a Methodist in religion. She died at fifty-five years of age, leaving two children - Ella A. and Frances A. Ella is the wife of Hubert Sewell of Walton. of whom a sketch appears on another page of this volume. Frances married Charles Sabin, a banker residing in Susquehanna, Pa. On March 20, 1890, Mr. Bramley formed a second matrimonial alliance, with Elizabeth H. Blair, a daughter of Peter and Margaret (McCune) Blair, the former of whom was born in Scotland, and the latter in Bovina, but of Irish parentage on the maternal side.

The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Bramley, William Blair, emigrated from Scotland, bringing his family with him, and took up his abode in Delhi, where he bought land, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, carrying on farming in conjunction with blacksmithing, a trade which he had followed in his native country. The father of Mrs. Bramley began his career as an independent farmer in the town of Bovina, where he met and wooed the fair woman who became his bride; and on the homestead in that town, which he improved, both afterward lived until their departure from this world, he passing away at the age of sixty-seven years, and she at threescore years. They were both esteemed members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Eight of the ten children born of their union grew to maturity; namely, Nancy, Mary, William, Samuel, James, Margaret, Elizabeth H., and Jane S. Of this number Mrs. Bramley and one son are the only ones now living. Mr. Bramley uniformly casts his vote with the Republican party, and in all respects is a citizen deeply interested in the welfare of his county and community. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist church.

Of Summerfield township, was born in Niagra county, NY, Feb. 7, 1838. In 1840, with his parents, he came to Dundee township. In 1862 he settled in Summerfield township. He enlisted in the 1st Mich. Engineer and Mechanic Reigment, Co. F., July 1, 1863 and was mustered out Sept. 22, 1865. He is a member of Morgan Parker Post, No. 281. He was married Nov. 22, 1861, to Amelia Richland, who died in 1872. His present wife is Phila Ludrick, whom he maried in 1878. Their children are: Mary E., born Nov. 12, 1872; Harriet, born May 19, 1882, and Benjamin, born Nov. 4, 1884. Mr. Breningstall is a farmer. His post office address is Petersburg.

Of Petersburg, Summerfield township, a broom-handle manufacturer, was born in Dundee July 18, 1843.  His parents were Seth and Lucy (Hobart) Breningstall.  Horace remained in Dundee until 1852, when he came to Raisinville township, where he remained until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. 

He enlisted May 20, 1861, in Co. A, 4th Mich. Inf., as corporal, remaining with the regiment until it was mustered out of service June 30, 1864.  He re-enlisted on March 21, 1865, in Co., I, 5th U.S. Vet. Vol., as private, and was mustered out March 21, 1866.  Through exposure he contracted rheumatism; he participated in the battles of New Bridge, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Savage's Station, Antulaus, White Oak Swamp, Gainesville, second Bull Run, Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania and several other engagements.  He is a member of Morgan Parker Post, No. 281, G.A.R., of which is is commander. 

He was married July 11, 1868, to Elizabeth Main.  Three children were born to them: Reuben, born March 31, 1869; Susan A., born Nov. 18, 1873, and Phila Addie born March 14, 1880.  He is a Republican in politics, and has held several township offices and postmaster.  He is also a member of the Masonic Order.

A resident of Summerfield township, removed with his parents, Jonas and Ann (Warner) Brown, to Monroe county in 1836. He was born in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, December 7, 1829. He has been twice married. His first wife, Mary E., was a daughter of Benjamin and Ann Hunter. Her children are: Annie J. born August 10, 1862; and Russell W., March 27, 1864. Mr. Brown was married August 12, 1869, in Petersburg, to Ellen, born in Monroe county, March 14, 1850, and daughter of Morgan and Rosetta C. (Brenningstall) Parker, settlers of Monroe county in 1841. Her children are: Mary R. born May 9, 1870; Nellie, June 14, 1875; Fannie, January 19, 1878, Ida, born July 20, 1881. George R. is engaged in farming. Address, Petersburg.

Hector Cowan, who died on July 4, 1878, at his home in the town of Stamford, New York where he was an influential and valued citizen, was born here on October 2, 1824. His father, John Cowan, who was a Scotchman, was born in the old country on June 4, 1798; and his mother, Helen Grant Cowan, was born two years later, September 15, 1800, in Stamford.

John Cowan's father, whose name was Hector, came to America with his wife at the beginning of the century, while John was only two years old, and settled in Stamford, on what is now known as the old Cowan farm, which he reclaimed from the wilderness, building a frame house, wherein he resided till his death, at ninety-three years of age, in 1843. The children of the emigrant Hector were as follows: James Cowan, born June 29, 1794; William, on August 3, 1796; John, in 1798; Isabella, on June 14, 1800- all before the emigration. Afterwards, in Stamford, came Mary, March 12, 1803; Agnes, July 1 1805; Andrew, December 13, 1808. Grandfather Cowan was an Elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in South Kortright. Politically, he was a Whig. He lost his wife when she was sixty years old, nearly thirty years before his own demise.

John Cowan grew up on his father's farm, and attended the district school, his educational opportunities being, however, very meager. In the course of years he purchased the homestead from the other heirs, and added thereto so largely that finally he owned six hundrend acres, and stood at the head of the agriculturists of this neighborhood. Not only was he his father's successor as a farmer, but as an Elder in the Kortright Parish. His marriage to Helen Grant took place on New Years's Day, 1824; and Grandfather Hector Cowan was greatly pleased the next autumn, when they named their first child after him, Hector. On September 18, 1826, came a sister Ann Eliza, and on December 11, 1830, another sister, Marietta; but all three have joined "the innumerable caravan," Ann Eliza on February 21, 1843, the same year with her grandfather, as above mentioned. Hector died in 1878, and Marietta in April, 1893.

Young Hector went to the local school, like his father before him, and likewise worked on the home farm, devoting himself wholly to agriculture. In 1851, November 5, at the age of twenty-seven, Hector Cowan married Helena Jane Rich, who was born on the Rich family homestead at South Kortright, the daughter of James and Helena (Marshall) Rich; and more particulars concerning her family may be found in the sketch in the volume of Mrs. Sarah Rich. Like his progenitors, Mr. Cowan took an active part in church affairs, and succeeded them as an office-bearer, holding the position of Ruling Elder. As they had been Whigs, so was he in sentiment, and cast his first vote for Taylor and Fillmore; but a few years later the Republican party arose, and he at once joined its fortunes. He was also influential in town affairs. At his death he left a widow and eleven children, eight of whom are still living.

The eldest of these, John A. Cowan, born in 1854, is a Stamford farmer and an Elder in the Presbyterian church in Hobart. Helena Cowan, born in 1856, married Dr. F. H. McNaught, of Denver, Colorado. Of James Rich Cowan more will be said presently. Robert F. Cowan, born in 1860, is a Stamford farmer. Hector William Cowan, born in 1862 amid our Civil War, and named for his father and great- grandfather, is a Presbyterian clergyman in Lawrence, Kansas.

Henry Marshall Cowan, born in 1864, resides on the ancestral acres. Charles Cowan was born in 1868, and lives in Stamford, unmarried; and so does Frank B. Cowan, born in 1870. The children no longer living in this world are: Thomas Rich Cowan, who died at the age of twelve; Stephen, at age seven; Annie, at four. Since the death of their father the large farm has been carried on by his widow who owns it. Of course she is aided by her efficent sons, but is herself a very capable manager, as well as a bright and intelligent woman. She is especially proud of her son, the Hon. James Rich Cowan, who bears her own family name.

The Honorable James R. Cowan was born on May 22, 1858. He was educated in the local school, like two generations of his ancestors, and then went to Stamford Seminary. He lived at home till his majority, and did not give up farming till the year 1891, having six hundred acres under his control. Like other farmers in the region, he gave special attention to cattle, having from seventy-five to one hundred. In politics he has been active being commissioned a Justice of Peace. In 1889 he was made Town Supervisior by the Republican party, and acting as chairman of the board the latter part of the time. In 1891 he was elected to the State Assembly, and served a term at Albany. The same year he was chosen President of the National Bank of Hobart which has a capital of fifty thousand dollars; and this place he still fills, the Vice-President being Oscar I. Bennett, and the Cashier J.A. Scott. Mr. Cowan is still unmarried, and gives his main time and attention to finance. In religion, as well as politics, he retreads the inherited foorsteps, and ia a member of the United Presbyterian church in South Kortright. The Cowan homestead is a noble old place, the house standing amid fertile fields not far from the village of Hobart.

Justice of peace of Petersburgh, was born in England Dec. 21, 1822, and came to America in 1839. He settled in Petersburgh in 1843. He was married to Esther Breningstall. Their children who are now living are: Ansel V. born March 4, 1857; George T., born Feb. 12, 1854, and Edwin E., born March 7, 1856. Mr. Heath is a shoemaker by trade. he has held the office of constable, village treasurer, clerk, postmaster and justice of the peace. He is a member of the M.E. church; post office address, Petersburgh.

Was born in the town of Pompey, Onondaga county, NY, in 1826. His parents were Jacob and Mary Hobart, who in 1836, removed to Huron county, OH and remained there one year, going thence to this county, locating first in Summerfield, and then in Vienna, in the town of Erie, and in 1844 purchased 80 acres in the town of Whiteford, where they died. Of this family five children are now living. Christian married in 1852 Esther Ann Dolby, a native of Detroit, a daughter of Robert and Mary Dolby, now of Whiteford; they have four children. In 1871 Mr. Hobart was chosen to the office of magistrate in the town of Whiteford, but declined to qualify; was elected again in 1875, and served, by re-election, eight years. In 1883 was elected drain commissioner, and now holds that office; also held the office of town clerk four years, school inspector, etc., and is now a notary public in and for the town of Whiteford.

A prominent and influential citizen of this county since 1848, and who resides on section 3, Center Township, is an importer and breeder of fine horses. He was born in Sussex, England, March 12, 1827, and of a family of five children, was the fourth in order of birth. His parents, John and Sarah (Green) Hopkins, were also natives of Sussex and in that vicinity the father engaged in farming for many years. Accompanied by his family he left his land in 1834, when James was but seven years old, and crossing the broad ocean became a resident of Canada. He located in Durham County, in the Province of Ontario, where he followed agricultural pursuits until the year 1848. He then came to Rock County, Wisconsin, where he purchased 320 acres situated on sections 3 and 10, Center Township, at $6 per acre. He became one of the leading farmers of the county and engaged in the cultivation of his land until 1853, when called from this earth by death at the age of seventy-seven years and seven months. His excellent wife survived him until 1876, when she too passed away, dying at the age of eighty-seven years and three months. The father never was an active politician, preferring to devote his time and attention to his business interests. Religiously, he was a member of the Episcopal Church, to which his family also belonged.

Of his family, John is now married and is engaged in farming in Canada; William is married and resides in Union Township, Rock County; Sarah, now Mrs. Bowman, is living in Canada; James [PHOTO] is the next in order of birth; George, who came to Rock County in 1846, making it his home until 1868, when he removed to Eden County, Michigan, died in that county in 1876, leaving a family.

The subject of this sketch was reared to farm life and in a little log house - one of the district schools of Canada - laid the foundation of his future career. He assisted his father in the cultivation of land until 1848, when he started out in life for himself, and emigrating to Rock County, Wisconsin, purchased a farm of 320 acres in Center Township twenty-five acres of which had been broken, while the only other improvement upon the place was a little log cabin. With characteristic energy he began the work of developing a farm, and to the original purchase he has added until he is now the owner of 440 acres of fine arable land, which is highly improved and cultivated. The buildings upon the place, both the residence and the outbuildings, are of a substantial and handsome character, and it is chiefly owing to his own industry and good management that he is the possessor of such a fine property. Like all pioneers his earlier years in this county were spent in a log cabin, but as his financial resources increased, he erected the fine brick residence, which is now his home and which cost over $6,000. Other improvements to the amount of $6,000 have been made and the farm is one of the best in the county. Of late years he has given considerable attention to the breeding and raising of fine horses, including English Shire, Cleveland Bays and Yorkshire Coach. He makes his own purchases, going to England for that purpose, and the past year, 1888, made two importations. At his stables in Janesville, he has some very fine horses of specially high pedigree, and probably no man in the county has done more to advance the grade of stock than he. His office is with Mr. Holt in the city, and he also has a branch stable near the depot in Doe's Addition to Janesville. In connection with the breeding of horses he also makes a specialty of shorthorn cattle. He has lately erected a very large barn in Janesville, where he will keep most of his imported stock. In the cultivation of tobacco he is quite largely engaged.

In this county in the year 1854, Mr. Hopkins was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Adee [PHOTO], a native of the town of Andes, in Delaware Co., N.Y., and a daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Peters) Adee, who were also born in that state. Her father was a farmer by occupation and resided in New York until his death, which occurred in 1841. His wife departed this life in 1851. The household circle of our subject and his wife was completed by the birth of three children - John R., who is married and is now engaged in farming in Sanborn County, Dakota; Amanda E., now Mrs. Stevens, of Center; and Sampson J., who makes his home in Janesville. He is connected with his father in stock business and is an energetic and enterprising man. In politics, Mr. Hopkins is a Republican and served his township as Side Supervisor. He bore a prominent part in the organization of the school districts and has always been in favor of any movement which is for the benefit of the community or is calculated to elevate the tone of society in general.

Andrew J. Jenne has served three years as justice of the peace and one year as highway commissioner. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Squires) Jenne, settled in Monroe county in 1834. He was born in Cayuga county, New York, February 5, 1829. His wife, Eliza, was born in that county, January 1, 1831, and married in Monroe county, Michigan, November 24, 1853. Her daughter, Effie, was born June 12, 1859, resides with parents. Mrs. Jenne is a daughter of Enos and Elizabeth (Wikerson(Kent, who in 1832, removed to Monroe county. Asa S. Jenne, a brother of Andrew J. served one year in the late war; was a member of the 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He was twice wounded and was imprisoned at Libby. Mr. Jenne resides in Dundee township; is a farmer, address, Dundee, Michigan.

Born in Raisinville township, Monroe county, March 18, 1844. His parents, Joseph and Mary (Ferris) Jones, reside in Jackson county, Michigan. He was married in Summerfield township, Monroe county, December 1, 1868, to Jane Ann Russell, born in Summerfield township, April 23, 1844, daughter of James I. and Hester M. (Curtis) Russell, settlers of Summerfield township in the year 1830. Mr. Jones' children are: Hester May, born August 31, 1869; Estella L., December 24, 1872 Isman R., January 13, 1854. Thomas Otis Russell, a brother of Mrs. Jones, was a soldier of the war of 1861, a member of Heavy Artillery. He died of chronic disease of the bowels, in the year 1861, at New Orleans. Mr. Jones resides in Ida township. He is a physician and surgeon, and attended lectures in Ann Arbor, beginning in 1866, ending in 1867, and taking a course again in 1872. He is preparing to enter the drug business, in connection with his practice. Address, Ida, Monroe county, Michigan.

Removed from New York to Monroe county, in 1843. Berlin township was not then organized. He helped to erect the first school-house and the first Protestant church in the township. He has been a member of the M.E. Church twenty-eight years. His parents, Samuel and Sarah (Peters) Knight, are deceased. He was born in Seneca county, New York, April 5, 1818, and married in Ontario county, New York, August 30, 1843, to Julia A., daughter of Mathias and Anna (Deviss) Snook, deceased. She was born in Essex county, New Jersey, June 30, 1813. Her two children are: Sarah E., born August 25, 1845, and Adelia C., April 8, 1847. Henry Knight, a brother of Ebenezer, and a soldier of the late war, was a member of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. He enlisted at Lowell, Michigan; served three years and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Mr. Knight is a farmer of Berlin township. Address, South Rockwood, Michigan.

Duncan Mc Donald was elected sheriff of Delaware county in 1852. He was a son of John Mc Donald, one of the early settlers of the town. Mr. Mc Donald was a man of great firmness and determination, which made him very popular as an officer. John Mc Donald, another son of the pioneer, represented the second Assembly district of Delaware county in the Assembly. He held many public positions beside. He was one of the most popular officers of his day.

Son of William and Annie (Gillespie) Mc Lachlin, both deceased, was born in the town of Ayre, Ayreshie, Scotland, June 26, 1814. He was a member of the Legislature in 1875; served two years as supervisor, and is at present justice of the peace, he resides in Summerfield township; removed to Monroe county in November, 1847. He married Mary Jane Carpenter, born at Whitehall, Washington county, Februrary 6, 1817, died at Deerfield, March 13, 1859. Her children are: Augustin L. born January 1, 1837 at Whitehall, died June 13, 1878; Marion born July 3, 1839 at West Troy; William D., born March 2, 1841, at West Troy; Nathan C., born February 6, 1843, at Whitehall, New York; Henry Clay, born November 8, 1844, at Whitehall; George E., born August 7, 1855, in Summerfield township. Augustin L., William D. and Nathan C. were soldiers of the late war. Augustin L. was a member of the 6th Michigan Artillery; William D., of the 8th Michigan Cavalry; Nathan C., of the 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. The latter served three years and four months. Mr. McLachlin married his second wife, Lucy, January 11, 1865, in Milan, Monroe county, Michigan, the ceremony being perfomed by Rev. W.S. Taylor. She is a daughter of George and Hannah (Nelson) Taylor, settlers of Monroe county in 1844, and was born in Tecumseh, Lenawee county, Michigan, March 22, 1830. Mr. McLachlin is a lumber merchant and railroad contractor. Address, Petersburg, Monroe county, Michigan.

Born in Whitehall, Washington county, New York, November 8, 1844, and removed with his parents, Dyckes and Mary J. (Carpenter) Mc Lachlin, to Monroe county in 1850. He held the office of township clerk in the years 1872, 1873, and 1874; was president of Petersburg village in the years 1876, 1877, and 1880. He married Harriet A. Alshouse September 25, 1867, at Petersburg. They have two children: Ada C., born January 16, 1871, and Mary E., born July 16, 1877. Mrs. Mc Lachlin is a daughter of Daniel and Charity M. (Tinker) Alshouse, settlers of Monroe county in 1861. Henry's brothers, Augustin, William D., and Nathan C., served in the late war, Augustin was sergeant in the 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery; William D. was lieutenant in Company H, 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry; Nathan C. was a private in Company K., 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Mrs. Mc Lachlin was born at Defiance, Defiance county, Ohio, October 18, 1850. Henry C. resides in Summerfield township, and is a dealer in dry goods. Address, Petersburg.

Rev. John T. Metcalf, merchant at Roscoe, was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, March 15, 1827. His father, Lewis Metcalf, a native of Virginia, having been a son of Asa Metcalf, who was originally of Scotland. Susan St. Clair, the mother of John T., was also a Virginian by birth.

The subject of this sketch was the oldest of five children. When he was sixteen years of age he accompanied the family to Howard County, Missouri, where he resided till 1850, then going to California, where he was engaged in mining and merchandising till 1853. In 1854 he located in St. Clair County, Missouri, and commenced farming. He now has a fine farm of 320 acres of land in section 30, and for the past five years he has been a prominent merchant of Roscoe. In 1856 he was elected assessor of the county, serving one term. In 1874 he was elected representative of the county and served in the legislature one term.

July 19, 1834, Mr. Metcalf was united in marriage with Miss Susan C. Marshall, a native of Virginia. They have six children: Lewis H., Martha A., Mary S., William T., Laura and Luther. Mr. M. is a member of the Masonic order. He has been connected with the Baptist Church for over thirty years, and has been a minister of that faith since his ordination in January, 1860.

A Union soldier, seved three years in Company K., 18th Regiment Michgan Volunteer Infantry. He took part in serveral battles, and was detailed by General Charles C. Doolittle to select musicians for a band, which was afterwards detailed to General R. S. Granger's headquarters, where he served the last year and a half until the close of the war. On the 29th of December, 1863, his fleet entered Decatur, Alabama, without provisions. His food from that time until January 6, 1864, consisted of corn which he gathered from the mud where the Rebels had fed their horses, which corn he parched on an old rough tin. He was born in Wayne county, Ohio, August 25, 1824 and removed to Monroe county in 1847. He is a resident of Summerfield township, and was married November 8, 1846, in Bedford township; is a son of Michael and Nancy (Naftzgear) Miller, settlers of Monroe county in 1857, the latter of whom died September 15, 1844. His wife, Harriet E. born in Fremont, Ohio, December 22, 1825, is a daughter of James Kirke, who settled in Monroe county in 1857, died May 6, 1877, and Melinda (Davis) Kirke, who died September 1850. Her children are: Marie E., an adopted daughter born November 6, 1849; Nancy Melinda, September 6, 1851, died January 7, 1854; Elli Feartima, February 22, 1853, died May 30, 1858; Ida Florence, July 27, 1858, died April 26, 1859. Mr. Millers business is farming and smithing. Address, Petersburg.

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