Notes:

Horace is the son of Orpan Deming and Dr. Caleb Waldhams Ensign of Dalton, Mass.

JOHN CHITTENDEN, MURDERER
. 1837 Sep 5 - John Chittenden, age 21/1816 married Sally Ann Filley, age 18/1818.
'The above interlineation was made at the request of John M Stevens.'

. 1850 Oct. Census, Randolph Twp., Portage Co.
John Chittenden, age 33, /1817 Ohio, Farmer; married to Sally A, age 31/1819, Conn.
1854, Apr 12, Wednesday - The little daughter of Mr. Ensign, of Rootstown, who was injured on the 22nd alt [i.e. March]., Mr. Chittenden, a crazy man, living in Randolph*, we regret to learn, died on Monday morning, after many days of suffering. Mr. Ensign is expected to recover.
Ref: Portage County Democrat Newspaper, Ravenna, Ohio.
Note: Lucina Ophra Ensign, b 1839 Mar 31 - 10 Apr 1854.

Warning, very graphic details follow.

. 1854 Apr 22, Sat . ATTEMPT OF A MANIC TO MURDER A FAMILY

A horrible tragedy was enacted at Rootstown, Ohio, on the 22nd ult. Notice of it has already been given in the city papers. A private letter from a witness of the scene, furnishes the following details:
It seems that Mr. Horace L Ensign, of Rootstown, had risen on the morning of 22nd & without dressing, was in the act of putting a stick of wood in the kitchen stove, when he was felled by a blow on his head Mr E was standing at the time near door that opened into the woodshed. The door was ajar & the blow as given from some person in the shed.
The correspondent says: Mr. Ensign saw no one, but placing his hands on each side of his head, he hastened through into his dining room, where his wife was; he exclaimed, "I am killed, someone has split my head open with an axe.' He then ran out to the door & cried murder. His wife seeing him bleeding & a gash on his head, just above & also back of the temple, shouted for help. Meantime the children were awakened & came running in; the eldest, a son of 16, on coming down stairs, opened the door leading to the woodshed, thinking his father was in there. On opening the door, the first object that he saw was a man with an uplifted axe, looking like a demon at him. He says: Caleb, what do you want of me? Caleb spring back & shut the door.
. By this time a neighbor came across the street & went to the woodhouse, when the manic addressed him by name, Donald Deming. - that is my name, he replied & continued he, 'John Chittenden, what are you doing with that axe? "I thirst for blood & blood I will have, 'said he. Mr. Deming tried to cool him down & after a few minutes succeeded in getting the axe. However, before he could get it away, Chittenden wrenched it from him.
. [Some of the children had been sent for help, even in their undress.] After loosing his hold upon the axe, Deming retreated to the dining room where Horace sat bleeding & his family around him frightened very much. Deming held the door from the dining room & hoped to keep him from that, but with the axe he shivered the door at once, when Mr. Deming exclaimed, 'run or your lives!'
By this time, another neighbor got there & on seeing what was going on, ran home to get his rifle, thinking it best to shoot the madman. Upon word being given to run, they all left as they thought & Deming shut the outer door, but Lucinda, their eldest daughter, 15 years old, stopped save a little brother 2 & half years old, who had been awakened by the breaking in of the door & had jumped from his bed on the floor & stood screaming from fright. She caught him in time to get her fingers pinched as Deming shut the door. She saw the wretch leap through the door, through where the upper panel had been broken. She called to them to have them open the door, but by this time she received a blow from he head of the axe, which felled her with the little one still in her arms.
Meanwhile Horace had presentment that some child still remained in the house, & had gone around to the back kitchen door & entered, passing into the dining room. There lay Lucinda weltering in her blood & as he supposed, dead. The outside door had been opened; Deming had opened it of the child when she called; Chittenden was in the act of splitting open Lucinda's head; Horace sprang across the dining room, seized the axe handle to avert the blow from J. Chitteneden, finding someone was behind him turned upon him, in the scuffle cut to the bone on the back of Horace's head. Upon that, Horace seized him by the throat & Deming by his leg & by a hard struggle they got him down, he still retaining the axe & Horace still choking him. By this time the woman had called the man back that had gone for his rifle. He came & with much difficulty wrenched the axe from him; (he only held it by one hand; they then got ropes & bound him. Horace was covered with blood & so was the floor.
After he secured, a messenger was posted to Ravenna for medical aid. The word flow like lightning & a general rush ensued. Horace's head was trepanned. His brain lay exposed during his struggle with the man. The pulsation could be seen, but the membrane was not broken. The inside of the bone that was taken off was 1.5 long by quarter inch wide. Upon the outside the bone was more than 2 inches long, besides 2 small pieces that were not measured. He to all appearances will survive, but poor Lucinda is in a very critical situation. The bones were so driven into the brain, that the surgeon thought it best not to do much for her, but her friends insisted upon trying. After 5 hours they proceeded to dress her wound. After pressing the scalp each way, they extracted 6 pieces of bone, some an inch & over. Several of them were nearly buried in the brain. Dr. Pratt extracted them, raising up the scull wherever it was depressed. About 2 spoonfuls of the brain escaped. She still lies in a very critical situation, with but a small hope of recovery.

This Chittenden belonged Randolph, the town south of this; has had fits from a child; & ugly tempered man naturally. Of late his friends have thought him deranged at times. The night previous to this attack, he had 3 keepers. He attempted to kill his brother.
His wife was directed to go about half an mile to a neighbor's to stay. In her hurry, in leaping a fence, she sprained her ankle. Of course, she crawled on her hands & knees & by so doing, she probably escaped death, for he broke loose from his keepers, & in pursuing her he passed very near her twice, but the night was dark & she being on the ground, he did not see her.
He left searching for her & went to a neighbor's, called for Mr. Mrs. Ward did not recognize his voice & replied to him that he had gone after John Chittenden. Well, said he with an oath, you shall go too. She then know his voice, watched the candle, & blew it out. Her 2 daughters were upstairs in bed. - She fled up the chamber stairs & held the door. He smashed in a window with a cudgel that he carried with him; he entered through the window, but could not find anyone. He took all the covers off the stove, threw fine about the room piled bed clothes & other things on the stove. He broke out 2 other windows, sash & all, made his exit through one of them. Mrs. Ward smiled the fire & with assistance of her daughters, extinguished it.
All the houses in his neighborhood bear marks of his visit. He eluded his pursuers till after he was taken at Horace's. He bragged that the had sent his pursuers on the wrong track. He know, he said, where they would to to look for him, but retook another road. They wanted to kill him, as he said, but said he, I fixed them; I thirst for blood & blood I'll have. I don't think he cared whose. There was no reason for his attack upon Horace; they never had any difficulty inter lives. I can't describe the scene, if I try. - From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 6.
Ref: Sunbury American Newspaper, Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA. (This is the more complete copy); Daily Evening Star, DC, published 1854.4.19.

. 1860 Census, Randolph Twp., Ohio, John Chittenden, age 43/1817, PAUPER
& Sally A, age 41/1819, Mass., son Gideon Chittenden, age 21, Mason.

. 1886 Nov 29, Monday. Spirit Talk. A Public Test Seance in the People's Theater. Dr. H. F. Merrill of Connecticut, Delivers from large number of people who have passed to the Other Life, where ancient anecdotes appear to haver perennial Interest … the philosophy of Spiritualism. After the singing of a hymn by the Lyceum choir a brief invocation was delivered by Dr. Merrill of Hartford, O., much after the manner of Christian prayer. [& various testimonies] … Horace Ensign & Lucinda Ensign told how they were murdered by John Crittenden, a madman. …The shadows of Olafson & Nancy Wheeler were recognized by a gentleman from Geauga.
Ref: Plain Dealer Newspaper Cleveland, Ohio. Transcripts by PJ Ahlberg, 2016.

VERIFY IDENITY:

. 1859 Jan 4 - Advertisement, The undersigned, take pleasure in recommending to the public the PANORAMA OF SLAVERY
Exhibited by Rev. T Ross Gross. It was painted under the direction supervision of Mr. G, who sketched the scenes from his own experience & observation. It illustrates the mode of growing the staple, agricultural productions of the South & faithfully representing the characteristic of the Peculiar Institution.
Horace Ensign, Madison, Lake Co., Ohio, C. W. Ensign, M T Miller, E L Plimpton, MD, James Leedir, D B Rose, Joseph Davis.
Will be at the following places: Reselvania, Ohio, Tues. evening. Jan 2nd, Belfountain, O. Wed. Jan 4th, De Graff, O., Jan 14th, Sidney, O. Friday, Jan 6th.
Ref: Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Newspaper.

. 1869 Nov 11, Thurs. - Died Ensign, In Madison, Ohio, November 7th Celeslia R Ensign, wife of Deacon Horace, aged 72 years /1797.
Ref: Cleveland Leader Newspaper, Cleveland, Ohio.

. 1880 Jun 23 - Commencement at Madison, Ohio,
The 5th annual Commencement of the Madison Public Schools took place Kellogg's Hall last ending. The following are the mass of the class of 1880, together with the subjects of their essays: Horace Ensign: The Cowardice of Crime.
Ref: Cleveland Leader Newspaper, published 1880 June 25, Friday.

. 1898 Sep 19, Monday, Ervine Franklin Ensign, Obituary
on Aug 29 at his home at Madison, Ohio, Ervine Franklin Ensign passed to the life beyond, Born July 13, 1829, ancestors served with distinction in the Revolutionary War,
His father, Deacon Horace Ensign, from Dalton, Mass., in 1812, located at Madsion. Devon Ensign body championed the cause of anti-slavery, at the cost of social ostracism, The home was a noted station on the underground railway.
At age of 9, EF Ensign participated in many an exciting skirmish with Southern slave gathered & helped many on his way to freedom. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church. Prior to 1885 he was engaged in mercantile business in Cleveland; a trustee of Ohio University.
EFE survived by his wife, daughter of Frances H, secretary of Ohio WCTU & son Horace Raynod, Minneapolis, Min.
Ref: Cleveland Leader Newspaper.
Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg 2016. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Ohio Death Cert, Consumption, 1814-1896.11.8 at Evansport, Tiffin Twp, Defiance, Ohio.

Buried:
Defiance Co., Ohio

Horace married Lucinda CECILLIA PARKS on 16 Apr 1837 in Dalton, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Lucinda was born on 28 Aug 1815 in Dalton, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; died on 19 Sep 1882 in Williams Center, Defiance Co., Ohio; was buried in Farmer Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married at her father's house near Bryan, Ohio.

. 1860 Census, Farmer Twp., Defiance, Ohio
Sophia Ensign, age 42 b 1818, Massachusetts.

. 1900 June 11 Census. Sophia states 5 children, 4 living:
C Maude Hamilton, died 5 Dec 1874.

The Lake Shore Commercial Record Newspaper, for the Saugatuck-Douglas, Michigan Area, Pub. every Saturday morning:
. 1883 Jul 27 - Peach Belt Pick-Ups. Mrs. C. Ensign of Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Hamilton.
. 1883 Oct 5 - Peach Belt Pick-Ups. Miss Hattie E. Ensign, of Ohio, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Hamilton.
. 1884 Sep 19 - Peach Belt Pick-Ups. Miss Hattie Ensign, of Ohio, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Hamilton.
. 1884 May 29 - Mrs. Hamilton assisted at the Sabbath school organization Sunday.
. 1885 Sep 18 - Mr. Ensign of Ohio, is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. A. Hamilton.

. Obituary: Widow of Alexander
Mrs. Sophie Hamilton dies at the home of her son Harry at Tallahasee, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 4 after an illness of 2 months.
She was born Oct 22, 1846; the widow of Alexander Hamilton & lived in Ganges for several years before moving to Bangor where they lived from 1896 till 22 years ago they moved to Florida following Mr. Hamilton's death.
Those surviving are a daughter & 2 sons, Mrs. Blanche Robinson,
W L Hamilton of Bangor and
Harry of Florida,
Six grandchildren, 4 great grandchild, 1 sister and 3 brothers.
Funeral services were hale Aug 8, at Sherrod's chapel, Bangor, Rev. Harold Hamilton officiating. Burial was Arlington Hill Cemetery at Bangor. - - -

Birth:
(near Bryan, Ohio,)

Died:

Sophia married Alexander HAMILTON on 25 May 1868 in Williams Center, Defiance Co., Ohio. Alexander (son of James HAMILTON, Sr. and Rebecca LAWRENCE, DUE) was born on 3 Oct 1837 in Halton County, Ontario; died on 11 Oct 1910 in Bangor, Arlington Twp., Van Buren Co., Michigan; was buried on 13 Oct 1910 in Arlington Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Birth Place:
 Pier Cove was laid out by Deacon Sutherland in 1851 as a platted town in Allegan County. A steam sawmill & wood shop were constructed. The wood shop was later made into a grist mill, which was needed in the area. Two piers, measuring approximately 323 foot, were built. This area was thought of as a village, which boasted about its 20 families, 4 stores, a tavern, post office, grist mill & 3 hotels. As the cord wood supply was depleted, the fire of 1871 occurred & the railroad came to Fennville, the Village of Pier Cove diminished in population & importance. One pier remained in service into 1919. Both piers were destroyed by storms in the 1900's & were not rebuilt.
Ref: History of Ganges Twp., 119 Ave. & 64 St.

The Lake Shore Commercial Record Newspaper, for the Saugatuck-Douglas, Michigan Area, Pub. every Saturday morning:
. 1844 Jan 25 - Peach Belt Pick-Ups. Last Tuesday evening our attention as called to an unusual amount of sleigh-riding, jingling of bells, clattering of horses hoofs & merry peals of laughter. But it was all plain when we remember the double birthday party at at Mr LaDick's in honor of Miss Ina's 16th & Miss Nellie's 14th birthday....30 young people ...sumptuous feast & tables were nicely prepared. Presents & names of donors. to Miss Nina: deck of authors - Blanch Hamilton.
. 1844 Mary 2 - Miss Blanche Hamilton is wielding the rod in the darling school, at south Ganges.
. 1844 Oct 17 - County culling, Peach Belt. Misses Hattie Ensign & Blanche Hamilton are visiting relatives in Englewood & Chicago.
. 1855 Apr 3 - The Misses Hattie & Nina LaDick, Maggie Spencer, Hettie Wadsworth & Blanche Hamilton attended the Institute at Saugatuck this week.
. 1855 Apr 17 - The Happy Ones. The following named were granted certificates at the examination held her on the 4th Ins. Blanche Hamilton.
. 1866 Mar 12 - From Beach Belt. Miss Blanche Hamilton is home after an absence of 3 months, during which time she has been performing the duties of "school marm" in Casco.
Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan)

. 1902 August 11 - Resorter returns home ill. Mrs. Fanny Robinson's of Chicago who came here 2 weeks ago with her daughter, Miss Blanche, for a summer's outing, has been seriously ill in Fair Plain for the past week. Upon the advice of Dr. Elmer Prescott of Chicago. Mrs. Robinson was taken to the Westeryan Hospital, Chicago, I Sunday night. She is suffering from heart trouble & other complications. She was acc. by Dr. Prescott, Miss Blanche Robinson & Mr & Mrs. Hall Collins, the latter a daughter of the sick woman.
. 1910 March 30 - Mrs. Blanche Robinson of Bangor visited friends here Monday.
. 1911 Oct 5, pretty home wedding was that last evening at the residence of Mr Mrs James Smith, 1002 Grand St, when their dau. Minnettie Jane was united in marriage to Lloyd Aaron Weaver … Among the out of town guests at the wedding Mrs M L Bosier of Jackson, Mrs Blanche Robinson of Bangor. Ref: Kalamazoo Gazette.
. 1911 December 23 - Mrs. Blanche A Robinson as returned to her home to Bangor, after attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Kennedy.
. 1916 Aug 13 - Mrs.Blanche Robinson will go to Big Rapids to spend labor Day. Ref: Kalamazoo Gazette.

. 1920 Aug 19 - Kalamazoo. Mrs. Mary Hamilton & sister Elizabeth Hamilton of Hartford both attended the wedding of grandniece Marion Hamilton (Granddau. James Hamilton) to Roy L Risley of Poughkeepsie. Many relatives & friends were present. Mrs. Blanch Robinson [& son-in-law, M L Boshier of Bangor.]

New York Passenger Lists:
. Blanche Alex Robinson, Arrival Date: 30 Jul 1939, Birth Year: abt 1869 Birth Location: Michigan,
Berth Location Other: Pier Cove
Age: 70 Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Cunard-White Star, Georgic. (Bombed & badly gutted by fire due to German air attack in Suez Bay, July 14, 1941. Rebuilt by Harland & Wolff, Ltd. at their Belfast yard. She was converted to permanent troopship & as such had only a single mast & one funnel. After the war was put in the emigrant service.)


. Michigan Deaths, Blanche A Robison, Age 77, b 18 Apr 1869 at Pierre Cove, Mich, Widowed, Husband late Albert Grant Robinson,
Father Alexander Hamilton.
Died 3 Jul 1946, buried 7 Jul 1946. - - -

Birth:
Alt Spelling: Pierre Cove, Michigan.

Buried:
Bangor, MI.

Blanche married Albert Grant ROBINSON on 24 Mar 1888 in Bangor, Arlington Twp., Van Buren Co., Michigan. Albert (son of Freeman W ROBINSON and Alida F LIDA LACKENBY) was born in 1865 in Ganges, Allegan Co., Michigan; died on 17 Feb 1896 in Ganges, Allegan Co., Michigan; was buried in Loomis Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

.The Lake Shore Commercial Record Newspaper, for the Saugatuck-Douglas, Michigan Area, Pub. every Saturday morning:
29 May, 1885 - Little Alice Hamilton's May party is indeed worthy of mention. It came off last Saturday. The day was fine & the little folks were out in their finest suits & pleasure beamed on every face. Alice was chosen Queen of May. After a sumptuous repast, to which ample justice was done, the little folks went home in the twilight, having spend a very pleasant day.

- Verify this Alice. Little' seems inappropriate, if she is aged 16?

1930 Census Howard Twp., Cass Co., Michigan
Alice H Hunziker, age 57 /1873
Harrold E, age 21 /1909
Lloyd A, age 20 /1910
M J Hunziker, age 63 /1867.

. 1924 Aug 18 - Mrs. J W Huziker & children left Sunday for a visit with her mother & other relatives in Washington. D.C.
Ref: Tampa Tribune.

. 1932 Apr 18 -Obituary: Mrs. Alice Hunziker
Mrs Alice Hunziker, 58, of Niles, Mich., died in a hospital yesterday. She is survived by her husband M. J. Hunziker of Niles; her mother, Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, of Tallahassee;
3 sons, Alexander, Harold & Lloyd Hunziker, of Niles,
a daughter, Miss Marguerite Hunziker, of white Plans, NY;
a sister, Mrs. Blanche Robinson, Bangor, Mich.;
2 brothers, Harry Hamilton, Tallahasee & William Hamilton, Bangor, Mich.,
Mr & Mrs. Hunziker were visiting their relatives Mr & Mrs J P Hamilton of Hamilton Heath. The body will be sent to Niles.
Ref: Tampa Tribune. - - -

Birth:
Census 1880, age 6 /1874.

Died:
Aged 58y 6m 18d.

Buried:
Granger, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Blue ground maker.

Alice married Melvin Julius MELLIE HUNZIKER on 29 Sep 1897 in Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan. Melvin was born on 22 Nov 1867 in Kent City, Kent Co., Michigan; died on 30 May 1935 in Indiana; was buried in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Michigan Death Certificate #164.
dated 5 Dec 1874, Saugatuck, Allegan, Michigan
Aged 2 months 5 days, daughter of Sophia and Alex Hamilton. - - -

Died:
Aged 2 months 5 days. Cause of death: Debility.

Notes:

Michigan Reg. # 685. Horace Hamilton,
born 20 Dec. 1876, Saugatuck, Allegan Co., Mich., son of Alexander Hamilton of Canada and Sophia Hamilton.
Registered June 17 1877.

Lake Shore Commercial Paper, Saugatuck, Michigan.
28 AUG, 1885, Peach Tree Pick Ups - The enrollment of Peach Belt school for month ending Oct 9, was 25, of which number Harry Hamilton, were neither tardy nor absent. Miss Ella Barager is Teacher. - - -

Birth:
Single

Died:
Alt DOD 1937 Jul 15. Plot 13, lot 29, Sec 1, 3 NE 1/4.

Buried:
Tallahassee, Florida.

Notes:

. Allegan Co., Michigan Birth Registration # 718,
born Jan 3, 1879 William Lloyd Hamilton, b. Saugatuck, Mich.,
Parents: Alexander & Sophia Hamilton, of Saugatuck,
born Canada & Michigan, Fruit Grower Reg. May 2, 1880.

. 1895 Aug 9 - Budding season at the Peach Belt nurses commenced a few days ago & is now in full blast. Mr Dressel, the manager, is being assisted by Will Hamilton and John Broe, 2 professional budders from Allegan county & Frank Plummer, a tie, The 2 budders average about 3,000 trees each in a day and they expect to be here about 3 weeks to complete the work.They are being assisted by a half dozen of our town boys who have found considerable employment all summer at this nurse. The stock is looking fine & there is little doubt that some as fine trees as ever grew will be grown here. - Schoolcraft Express.
There is one one year in a dozen when peaches cannot be raised in the vicinity of kalamazoo with the same amount of care, as well as they can on the lakeshore. The so called great fruit belt is a humbug. Th fruit raisers in the belt make it a business to take care of tier orchards. That is the secrete of their success.
Ref: Kalamazoo Gazette.

. 1898 Aug 29, Bailey, Mich. C H Merrifiedl of the Hamilton Peach Belt Nursey at Bangor, Mich. is in the vinicintiy this week taking orders for trees.
Muskegon Chronicle, MI., published 1898 Sep 1.

. 1910 Nov 21 - Michigan Patents Recognized at Washington. Issued as follows: William L Hamilton, Gangor, Valve.
Ref: Sault Ste. Marie Evening News, MI.

. US Social Security Death Index 380 32 505, Issued Michigan
49013 Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan.
Born 3 Jan 1879 - 1200.23died Jan 1972.

. 1895 - GANGES. PEACH BELT NURSERIES. We make a specialty of growing healthy, hardy Peach Trees of the surest bearing and most profitable market varieties. We also have now growing in these nurseries, of the best money-making kinds, a large stock of Currant & Gooseberry plants, 2 year-old Grape Vines, 2 year-old Asparagus Plants, nursery-grown Blackberry and other Berry Plants. In addition to the above we can furnish in smaller- quantities, at bottom prices, a fine stock of young and thrifty Apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry Trees. Call on or address: A. Hamilton, Ganges, or J. C. Maynard, No. 156 West Bridge Street, Grand Rapids.
Ref: Illustrated Atlas of Allegan County, Michigan.

Descriptive Catalog Peach Belt Nurseries
Photo of elder man short chopped full white beard & hair, white shirt black string necktie & suit jacket.: The late Alexander Hamilton, who founded the nurseries over 40 years ago. A thorough horticulturist and one of the men who have western Michigan its start in the fruit industry.
A. HAMILTON & SONS, PROPS., Bangor, Michigan. Telephone No. 12.
Two photos: a new along the drive between 2 of the nurseries farms & one of our apple orchards as seen along the highway, bending into the ground with fruit.
Concerning the Nursery, Peach Belt Nursery was commended in western allen Co., Mich. over 40 years ago & was moved to Bangor, Van Buren co., in the spring of 1896. The nursery is not as large as many others, but we feel sure there is no better anywhere & it contains as many trees as can be properly cultivated & cared for under our personal supervisor. The land we use for nurses purposes is a song loamy soil specially prepared for growing strong, healthy, well ripened nurses stock, Long before we ever heard of plant breeding or bud variations we practiced getting our start of buds from time to time of plant breeding & better fruit than did the other trees of the same variety…Our nurseries are inspected annually by Sate Inspector of Nurseries & by ourselves. Our long experience in growing trees in Western Michigan has convinces us that as health trees as are produced anywhere in the world can be and are grown right here at Bangor.
We use only natural seed procured were yellows and other diseases of peach are unknown.
Ref: Date stamped Jan 30, 1914.

. 1917 Peach Belt Nurseries Catalog. Front cover has apple tree of large Gimes Golden Apple tree on farm of A Hamilton, with barrels below, produced 12 barrels of apples. - - -

Birth:
Ref: Michigan Birth Registration.

Died:
Aged 91. 5039 Calument Ave, Zip 49013. widowed.

William married Gattye LOUISE Clayton STEPHENS on 3 Sep 1929 in Toledo, Lucan Co., Ohio. Gattye was born on 20 Jul 1879 in Tennessee State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Anna Wilson KITCHELL on 11 Jun 1904 in Palestine, Crawford Co., Illinois. Anna was born on 5 Sep 1878 in Palestine, Crawford Co., Illinois; died on 25 Aug 1928 in Bangor, Arlington Twp., Van Buren Co., Michigan; was buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1904 Battle Creek, Michigan Directory
Nina J Hamilton, bkkpr. L W Robinson Co., bds Main W., (Urbandale)
Note: That is with cousin James P Hamilton, Jr.

. 1911 Oct 5, pretty home wedding was that last evening at the residence of Mr Mrs James Smith, 1002 GrandSt, when their dau. Minnettie Jane was united in marriage to Lloyd Aaron Weaver … Among the out of town guests at the wedding Mrs M L Bosier of Jackson, Mrs Blanche Robinson of Bangor.
Ref: Kalamazoo Gazette.- - -

Birth:
Mich Reg. 977.

Died:
/News Palladium.

Buried:
Bangor, Michigan

Nina married Marion Lewis BOSIER on 31 May 1910 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Marion was born on 12 Jun 1888 in Coal City, Grundy, Illinois; died in Sep 1967 in Zephyrhills, Pasco Co., Florida; was buried in Arlington Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Granger, Indiana.

Notes:

Died:
COD: Acute myocardial infraction, & Oliquric renal failure.

Alexander married Dorothy C CUMMINGS in 1926 in Angola, Michigan. Dorothy was born on 28 May 1908 in Illinois; died on 9 Feb 2002 in Magic Lake, Cass Co., Michigan; was buried in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mrs. Margurite HUNZIKER. Mrs. was born on 9 Apr 1899; died on 1 Aug 1986 in Granger, St. Joseph Co., Indiana; was buried in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Alt Name: Harold C Hunziker.

Buried:
Bronze plaque with wife Doris.

Harold married Doris Helen EAGER on 26 Jun 1934 in Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan. Doris was born on 30 Mar 1908 in Niles, Berrien Co., Michigan; died on 12 Nov 2007 in Granger, St. Joseph Co., Indiana; was buried in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Resided 1930

Family/Spouse: Evelyn M ANDERSON. Evelyn was born on 16 Oct 1911 in Washington, District of Columbia; died on 27 Nov 1990 in Alameda Co., California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ref: Census 1940. Alt Loc: Ganges, MI.

Died:
Verify this Wm. K Hamilton (Alt. WKH 10.7.10-28.8.1995, Tampa, Fl.

Family/Spouse: Mrs. Audrey G HAMILTON. Mrs. was born in 1908 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]