Zopher SCIDMORE

Male 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]
    Birth 10 Mar 1842  Waterloo Twp., Jacxkson Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Living with father in Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Fact Son of Abram Scidmore and Caroline Williams Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Death 18 Apr 1903  Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: Old age - heart disease 
    Burial Mount Hope, Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I9858  Main Tree
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2020 

    Father Abram SCIDMORE,   b. 1818, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1879 (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Caroline WILLIAMS,   b. 1820, Allegany Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1867 (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F198  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah BALDWIN   d. Sep 1890 
    Marriage 1869  [1
    Family ID F190  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2020 

    Family 2 Harriet ROYSTON,   b. 1838, Renfield, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1905, Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 4 Oct 1893  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2020 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S12088] Colonel Charles V. Deland, Deland's History of Jackson County, Michigan.

    2. [S12090] Death Certificate for Zopher Scidmore.

    3. [S12093] 1860 Census Waterloo, Jackson County, Michigan.

    4. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.