1894 Michigan State Census – Livingston County

United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Brighton Township – Aaron A. Newman, Amos W. Rogers, W. Harrison Crippen, Henry Davis, Thomas Gaffney, John Grierson, John Sawyer, Henry L. Crippen, Ernest M. Crippen, John Shaw, Joseph T. Van Amurg, Martin L. Blackman, 2ranklin Paddock, Louis C. Bitten, Charles Durfee, James R. Mowry, James McDonald, Henry G. Thompson, Asa Prior, Henry S. Crout, Charles Jacobs, John H. Gilbert, George A. Bidwell, Thomas Graham, John Duckering, Richard R. Root, Henry C. Paddock, Granville Mowry, [J. Wesley Fulton]. … Read more

Helen Mae Todd Bernhart of Howell MI

BERNHART, Helen Mae Todd8, (Elbridge G.7, Bela6, Caleb5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born June 14, 1840, in Lakeville, N. Y., died April 3, 1890, in Howell, Mich., married Jan. 1, 1857, Lafayette Bernhart. Children: I. Sarah Ella, b. Oct. 3, 1857, d. March 24, 1882, m. April 2, 1880, Charles Armstrong. II. Millie Eleanor, b. Jan. 30, 1861, d. Sept. 4, 1865.

Biographical Sketch of Richard Ll. D. Cordley, Rev.

Rev. Richard Cordley, Ll. D., during a period of nearly forty years minister of the Plymouth Congregational Church at Lawrence, a victim of the Quantrill raid and somewhat known in public life, was born at Nottingham, England, September 6, 1829. When he was about four years of age he came with his parents to America, the family locating on a tract of Government land in Livingston County, Michigan, where Richard attended the pioneer public schools. In 1854 he graduated from the University of Michigan and in 1857 from the Andover Theological Seminary. On December 2, 1857, he preached his first … Read more

Conklin, Fannie – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon Fannie Edith Conklin of Cove died at her home Saturday after a long illness. She was 87. Services will be held Monday 10:30 a.m. in the Cove Episcopal church under Rev. Clarence Kopp with arrangements by Snodgrass Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Cove cemetery, beside her late husband. She was born in Brighton, Michigan, May 11, 1863, and has been a Union county resident 60 years. Survivors include three sons, Tom and Albert of Cove, and Philip of Portland, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. La Grande Evening Observer Saturday, July 7, 1951 Front … Read more