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Eaton County Michigan EATON COUNTY
MEMORIAL REPORT
He
came to Flint thirty-five years ago, and
thereafter up to the time of his death
continued a resident of this county. He was a
devoted member of the Presbyterian Church of
this city, having occupied the position of an
Elder for many years, and was a Deacon for
more than twenty years. He was a man of great
vitality, hav-35
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ing lived to the remarkable age of ninety-
four years, and retained nearly all his
faculties unimpaired to the last. He survived
his wife but a few months, and leaves a very
large circle of friends and acquaintances.
The funeral was held at the family residence
on Monday. Rev. H. M. Curtis and Rev. A. W.
Seabrease officiating.
The Daily Herald of East Saginaw says of
another of Grand Blanc's pioneers:
Mrs. Cornelia Smith, —relict of the late
Silas Smith, of Grand Blanc, died at the
family homestead in that village on Wednesday
at twelve o'clock noon, of heart disease.
Mrs. Smith and her husband, who were well
known in this and Saginaw City, were among
the first settlers in Genesee county forty-
five years ago, who contributed their full
share toward making that magnificent county
what it is to-day—one of the garden spots of
Michigan, and were greatly beloved and
respected in all that region. A family of one
son and several daughters are left to mourn
this bereavement. The deceased was a sister-
in-law of Mrs. Almira Smith (mother of the
late Mrs. C. B. Jones) of this city.
Mr. Dennis Wolverton, —an old and esteemed
citizen of Grand Blanc, died of dropsy of the
heart, while sitting in his chair, at home,
Wednesday evening. He had been under medical
treatment for about two years, and only a day
or two before he died, his physician
pronounced his condition better than, it had
been before for six months, so that his death
was quite unexpected when it came. He had
been a resident of Grand Blanc for about
thirty years, and had been honored by his
fellow citizens by being elected at different
times to nearly every township office in
their gift, having very acceptably served
many years as supervisor.
Michigan 1883
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