Ottawa County MI

1894 Michigan State Census – Ottawa County

United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Allandale Township – William Rittenburg. Horace L. Hill, Charles 0. Brawn, William Comstock, Frank J. Utter, John A. Williams, Albert Perkins. Enos Parish. Benjamin Sherman, Nathaniel B. Abey. Isaac Taylor, John Jenkins. Harvey Simmons, Emmons T. Gray, Harley C. Bement, Henry C. Cooley, James W. Cole, Hiram Knowlton, Elijah R. Smead, Asa L. Porter. [John Rogers. William Bennett]. Blendon Township – Darius H. Grow, Joseph Snay, George Nightengale, Charles A. Seydell, Oscar M. Sherburn, George Ohiman, Samuel R. … Read more

Nellie Frances Todd Perkins of Spring Lake MI

PERKINS, Nellie Frances Todd8, (Joseph7, Daniel6, Daniel5, Daniel4, Daniel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) married Sept. 23, 1889, Thomas Byron Perkins. They lived in 1913, at Spring Lake, Mich., where he is in business. Child: I. Madge Ethel, m. Oct. 10, 1910, Hardy A. Esterdahl, who is a cashier in a bank in Whitehall, Mich. They had issue: (1) A daughter, b. Jan. 1913.

Biography of A. J. Shaw

A. J. Shaw, of McPherson, is the acknowledged expert authority in the West on the subject of hail insurance. Since its organization in 1899 he had been continuously secretary of the McPherson Hail Insurance Company. The McPherson Hail Insurance Company is a business organization of which the State of Kansas may be proud. It was the first Kansas company to offer an adequate service in this department of insurance. Prior to twenty-five years ago insurance against Hail was almost unknown as a practice in Kansas. The only company that offered such insurance was the St. Paul Fire & Marine. About … Read more

Brink, Adala M. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Adala M. Brink, 96, passed away Monday, February 14, 2000, at the Wallowa County Care Center in Enterprise. Adala M. Walter was born on March 23, 1903, to Carrie and Newton Walker at Coopersville, Michigan. She married the late Peter D. Brink Sept., 1926 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They moved in 1932 to Pomeroy, Wash., where Dr. Brink had a medical practice for 30 years. During that time Mrs. Brink was active in various community organizations including Order of Eastern Star, Daughters of Rebecca and Daughters of the Nile. She was also a member of the … Read more

Jackson, Kathryn Ann “Kate” Callow Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Kathryn Ann “Kate” Jackson, 47, of Baker City, died Sept. 14, 2006. Her memorial Mass was celebrated Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. Father Julian Cassar was the celebrant. There was a potluck reception afterward at the Eagles Lodge. Kate loved to laugh and was so full of life, her family said. “We will miss her boisterous laugh as you usually heard her before seeing her when you walked into a room,” they said. Kate loved to cook and throw dinner parties. She also loved to sew and play video games. Her favorite hobby was fishing … Read more

Biography of John Rose

John Rose, who for several years had been numbered among the leading oil producers in Montgomery County fields, and resided at Independence, is a thoroughly practical as well as successful man, as his career indicates. When only thirteen he started out for himself, and had since hewed his way through difficulties, through poverty, to a successful position in the world. He was born February 26, 1861, near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and is of Scotch parentage. His father, James Rose, was born in Scotland in 1822, was reared and learned the trade of stone mason in his native country, and about … Read more