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1842 - 1903 (61 years)
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Name |
Zopher SCIDMORE [1] |
- The arduous labors of the farm occupied the greater part of the years of the boyhood and early manhood of Zopher Scidmore. He was the oldest child of a family of ten and hence had little chance of shirking his duty toward the other members of the family, even if he was disposed. he had few opportunities of acquiring an education, but availed himself of those in a manner that proved him a through student, bright in intellect and wise even beyond his years. When he attained the age of twenty-five, he started out into the world on his own behalf, devoting himself most of the time to the cultivation of the soil, and steadily accumulating property. Later he purchased part of the old homestead and as his means permitted kept adding to it until at the present his farm comprises two hundred and twenty-five acres, well improved, fenced and splendidly cultivated. He lived continuously for thirty-three years upon this farm until, in 1701, he sold and moved to Grass lake, where he has since lived retired from the cares and activity of business life.
In 1869 Zopher Scidmore was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Baldwin, whose father was James Baldwin, an old and highly respected citizen of Jackson county. The union proved a most congenial one. They lived happily together for a period of twenty-one years and until the death of the true and faithful wife, which occurred in September, 1890. October 4, 1893 at Chicago, he again approached the matrimonial alter, this time accompanied by Mrs. Hattie Thurton, a native of Monroe County, New York, and widow of Voltaire Thurston, of Grass Lake. Mrs. Scidmore is a daughter of Thomas Royston, a native of England. She was married young in Monroe county, to George Peckham and soon after came to Hanover, Jackson county, where he was a farmer. He died t Michigan Center after twelve years of wedded life. She then married Mr. Thurston and resided with him on a farm six miles from Grass Lake. He died of consumption on the farm. Mrs. Scidmore has one daughter, Anna, the wife of Frank Scidmore, younger brother of Zopher, and they resided in Ottawa county, Kansas.... [1]
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Birth |
10 Mar 1842 |
Waterloo Twp., Jacxkson Co., Michigan [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1860 |
Living with father in Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan [3] |
Fact |
Son of Abram Scidmore and Caroline Williams [1, 2] |
Death |
18 Apr 1903 |
Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Michigan [2] |
Cause: Old age - heart disease |
Burial |
Mount Hope, Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan [4] |
Person ID |
I9858 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
14 Nov 2020 |
Family 2 |
Harriet ROYSTON, b. 1838, Renfield, New York d. 3 Jun 1905, Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Michigan (Age 67 years) |
Marriage |
4 Oct 1893 |
Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois [1] |
Family ID |
F189 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
14 Nov 2020 |
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Event Map |
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| Marriage - 4 Oct 1893 - Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois |
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Sources |
- [S12088] Colonel Charles V. Deland, Deland's History of Jackson County, Michigan.
- [S12090] Death Certificate for Zopher Scidmore.
- [S12093] 1860 Census Waterloo, Jackson County, Michigan.
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
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