Marble

Hannah Marble donated land for the Marble Memorial Methodist Church , previously known as ME Church (Methodist Episcopal).  

Marble

Buckley W. Marble, a justice of the peace of Milan township, was born in Litchfield , Conn. , August 17, 1821.  He has since resided in Lake and Portage counties and other places in Ohio , Galena , Ill. , and in the State of New York .  He was first married in 1847 to Hopestill T. Ketchum, who died in 1860.  At the time of her death, their family was living in Galina , Ohio .  He came to Milan I 1869, and for 14 years has been a justice of the peace.  His second wife was Hannah Willcox, whom he married in 1866.  She died August 28, 1886.  They have two children:  Joel L. and Mary A., wife of Winfeild S. Wallace.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F. (From History of Monroe County, 1913.)  

Marble

Buckley

Buckley Marble was born in Connecticut in 1821.  He married Hopestill in 1847.  They had two children:  Mary, born in 1849 and Joel, born in 1852.  In 1860, Hopestill died, while the family was living in Galena , Ohio .  Buckley Marble then went to N. Y. State , leaving Joel with someone in Wisconsin .  While in NY he met a woman from Milan , Hannah Sherman Wilcox.  Buckley and Hannah were married in 1867.  Two years later, in 1869, the couple moved to Milan .  (Buckley’s daughter Mary stayed back in NY).  They went to Milan because Hannah had some real estate there from her late husband.  Buckley was a Justice of the Peace in Milan township for some years.  He also had experience as a builder.  He served as Milan Village Assessor at some point.  Hannah died in 1886 and left her real estate holdings to the Methodist Church .  When the church was remodeled and enlarged in the 1950’s, the stained glass window dedicated to Hannah Marble was installed on the north side of the sanctuary.  Buckley and Joel planted saplings all along Main , County, and Wilcox streets.  Some of those were uprooted by the Palm Sunday tornado of 1965. (From a column by Warren Hale in 1997)  

Marble Buckley

Buckley W. Marble died May 12, 1891 at the age of 70 years.  (Probably born in 1821).  Buried in Mooreville Cemetery .  Source: Charles Wilson death records as coroner.  

Marble Buckley

Buckley W. Marble served as Justice of the Peace in Milan township in 1876, 80, and 84.

Marble Buckley

Buckley W. Marble died May 12, 1891.  He was buried July 8, 1896.  He was born Aug. 17, 1821.  Next to his grave: Lizzie Marble, who died Feb. 27, 1887.  She was buried the same day as Buckley:  July 8, 1896.  Lizzie was born May 12, 1837.   Was Lizzie his wife?  Cemetery records do not indicate one way or the other.  Source: Marble Park Cemetery .  

Marble Buckley

Buckley W. Marble was born Aug. 17, 1821. He died May 12, 1891. He was buried July 8, 1896 (possibly exhumed and reburied).  Source: Mooreville Cemetery .  

Marble Florence

Florence R. Marble, wife of Joel L. Marble, was b. Nov. 1867. She was 32 when the 1900 census was taken. Daughter Helen L. living in the home, b. June 1898, age 1. Joel’s sister-in-law Minnie King also living in home, she was b. March 1877, age 23.

Marble Hannah

Hannah Marble was born Apr. 14, 1826. She died Aug. 28, 1886. She was buried July 8, 1896.  

Marble
Joel

Joel L. Marble had a father, Bukley Marble, and mother, Hopestill.  Joel Marble died in Feb. 1932.  

Marble
Joel

Joel Luman Marble, of Monroe County , in Village of Milan , died Feb. 6, 1932.  He was married to Florence King.  Joel was born Dec. 28, 1852.  Age 79.  Occupation: real estate.  Born in Galina , Illinois .  F: Buckley Marble, b. Ohio .  M:  Hopestill Kilcham (or Ketcham) born in Ohio .  Informant: Florence Marble of Milan .  Burial in Marble Cemetery .  

Marble
Joel

Joel L. Marble was b. Dec. 1852. He was 47, been married 8 years, when 1900 census was taken. Occupation: “Real estate and collecting.”  Rents his home. Wife, Florence R. Marble

Marble Lizzie

Lizzie Marble is buried at Marble Park Cemetery next to Buckley Marble. She was born May 12, 1837. Died Feb. 27, 1887. Buried July 8, 1896, same day as Buckley.  

Marble Lizzie

Lizzie Marble was born Aug. 12, 1837. She died Feb. 27, 1887. She was buried July 8, 1896.  Source:  Mooreville cemetery.  

Marsh

Alva Marsh was elected Justice of the Peace at the first meeting of the Milan township, sometime before 1873.  

Marvin Lura

Mrs. Eber Marvin died at her home, 333 Lafayette Blvd. , Detroit , after an illness.  Lura Belle Cauchee was born in Maybee to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cauchee May 14, 1883. She married Eber Marvin in 1904. They had no children.  She was survived by her husband, parents, and other family members.  Source: Obituary.  

Marvin John

John Marvin arrived in Milan and selected land under the Land Grant Program, on both sides of the highway connecting Monroe to Jackson .  His land turned out to be downtown Milan .  

Marvin John

First township meeting for London Township was held April 1, 1833, at home of Abraham Hayck.  Cyrus Everett was elected supervisor.  Henry Chittenden, clerk. William E. Marvin, John C. Sterling and Samuel Nichols, Jr., assessors.  

Marvin John

In January 1835, John Marvin and his wife Polly were transferring land (Gay Block included) to Benjamin Wilcox.  Land contains both Marvin’s and Woodward’s mills, the deed says.  75 acres.  

Marvin Nancy

See “Cone” for information on Nancy Cone, wife of Israel Marvin.

Marvin William

Mrs. Mary Aylesworth of Milan was born Oct. 11, 1816 in Sparta , NY .  She married William E. Marvin on May 6, 1841. He was in the mercantile business in Springwater Valley , NY .  In Sept. 1844, he came to Michigan and settled in Milan township, on a farm where he lived for 7 years.  Then he sold the farm and engaged in mercantile business in Mooreville , Mich.   He died Apr. 21, 1869. They had five children.  In 1873, Mrs. Marvin married again, to Daniel Aylesworh of Milan .  

Marvin
William

William E. Marvin was elected Assessor at the first London Township meeting, held April 1, 1833.  This included the area now located in Milan and Exeter townships.  

Marvin William

William E. Marvin, son of Milan ’s founder John Marvin, opened the first store in Milan .  It was located near Spaulding cemetery.  It was a general store.  Source: WBW early column.

Marvin
William

In 1834, William Marvin established a flour mill with partner David Woodard.  

Marvin William

William E. Marvin served as Milan township supervisor in 1852.

Mason Walter

Walter Mason was “Postmaster - Past Service” and lived at 315 Lafayette , according to a Milan Rotary club membership roster dated Jan. 4, 1949.  

Matthews

E. D. Matthews was an Ypsilanti pharmacist in the early 1920’s and decided to open a store in Milan at 25 E. Main.  He partnered with William J. Hyzer, a pharmacist, and renamed his store Hyzer and Matthews. 

McLeod Robert

Robert McLeod “Bob” was in the “Retail Coal” business and lived at 157 County St. , according to a Rotary club membership roster dated Jan. 4, 1949.  

McLeod Bob

See Laskey, Norm

McMullen Myrtle

Myrtle R. McMullen died April 10, 1897, age 27, 3 months, 7 days. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McMullen, born in Milan Jan. 13, 1870. She leaves her parents, three brothers, and five sisters. Burial at Rice cemetery.  

McMullen Richard

Richard Emerson McMullen was born March 30, 1926 in Ypsilanti to Louis (“Pete”) and Myrtle ( Butler ) McMullen. He was the oldest of three children. He grew up in Milan , and lived there all his life, aside from college and the military.  He served in the Navy during WWII and Korean War. He married Beverly Jane Yoder in 1951. They raised three children. Education: masters degree from the Univ. of Mich. in 1861.  Occupations: he worked as a foundry worker, janitor and newspaper reporter, then taught English and Journalism.  In 1988 he retired from Pioneer high in Ann Arbor .  He enjoyed writing poetry. He was a resident of Milan when he died July 20, 2006.  Source: Obit. 

McMullen Thurlow

Thurlow McMullen died at age 14, 7 months, 16 days. He was the second son of James and Arabelle McMullen three miles west of Milan . Burial at Rice cemetery. Source: Milan Leader.

McNeill Alice

Alice Stannard McNeill was b. Dec. 1863 in Petersburg , MI . She is the daughter of John McNeill and Mary Hinsdale McNeill.  She was a teacher. She married Alfred Emory Putnam at her home on First St. in Milan . She died June 26, 1937 in Washington , Iowa , and was buried at Elm Grove Cemetery in Iowa . Source: M. Rooks.

McNeill Alice

Alfred Emory Putnam married Alice Stannard McNeill. The marriage took place at her home on First St. in Milan .  She was born in Dec. 1863 in Petersburg , Mich. Or Dundee perhaps. She died June 26, 1937 in Washington , Iowa , and was buried at Elm
Grove Cemetery . Her occupation: Teacher.  Her father: John McNeill. Her mother: Mary Hinsdale, second wife of Mr. McNeill.  Source:  M. Rooks.  

McNeill Almina

Almina was the first wife of John McNeill.  She was born about 1826 in NY.  She died sometime after the 1850 census.  John re-married to Almina’s friend, Mary Hinsdale, and in 1857, they named their first child “Elmina” in honor of her.  

McNeill Channcey

Channcey McNeil (spelled “McNeiel”) Co. M. 8th Mich. Inf.   Source: Oakwood cemetery, Petersburg .  Note: he is probably Chauncy, the brother of John McNeill. Chauncy was captured by the Confederate Army and died at Andersonville prison.  

McNeill Charles A.

Charles A. McNeill, 26, of Tecumseh, was married on July 19, 1865 to Laura M. Eddy, 22. She was a resident of LaSalle. Witnesses: Mary R. Eddy and Lidia A. McNeil.  

McNeill Chauncey

“Chancy Mcneal” was married Dec. 5, 1849 in Monroe County , Michigan , to Tryphena Hinsdale.  And according to census records of 1860, he was about 40 years old living in Summerfield at that time, with his wife, Tryphenia, 35; Willie H., 2; and clarissa, 2.12.  Chauncey was born in New York about 1820.  As for Andersonville Prisoners of War, it says he was in Company M, Regiment 8, Mich. Cavalry. He died March 5, 1865 of diarrhea, and was buried there in grave number 12733.  Source: Ancestry.com  

McNeill Chauncey

Chauncey McNeill.  Born about 1820 in NY.  He was married to Tryphena Hinsdale in Monroe County , Michigan on Dec. 5, 1849.  Chauncey died March 5, 1865 of diarrhea at Andersonville Prison; buried at Andersonville , Georgia , Sect. H, Site 12753.  He served as a Private in Company M, 8th Michigan Cavalry. Tryphena was born in 1825 in NY.  His children: (1) Willis C. (or Willis H.), born 1858, died 1922.  (2) Clara or Clarissa., 1860. Residences: 1850, Dundee, where census says he was a laborer; 1860, Summerfield, Monroe County , Mich.    

McNeill Chauncey

Chauncey McNeill was the brother of John McNeill.  Chauncey died at the Andersonville Prison during the Civil War, while he was a Union soldier.  According to family tradition, at one point, John McNeill of the Milan area had a former confederate soldier who came by and they were giving him dinner.  Then they found out he had been assigned at the Andersonville Prison, and the McNeill family immediately ordered him out of the house. Source:  M.R. of Northfield, MN.  

McNeill Chauncey

Tryphena and Chauncey McNeill were married Dec 5, 1849. 

McNeill Chauncey

Chauncey McNeill was born about 1820 in NY.  He died March 5, 1865 of Diarrhea at Andersonville Prison.  He married Triphena, she was born in 1825 in NY.  Their children: Willis C., Clara ( Col. ).  Residences: 1850, Dundee , where census says he was a “laborer.”  1860, Summerfield, in Monroe County , Mich.  

McNeill Clara

McNeill, Clara M (N?). died Aug. 17, 1848,  p. C.

McNeill Elmina

Elmina McNeill died Oct. 11, 1851, at 24 years 8 months. Her husband was John McNeill. Source: Oakwood cemetery Dundee .  Note: she would have been born about Feb. 1827.  

McNeill Fanny

Frances Folsum McNeill, called “Fanny,” was born Feb. 3, 1861 in Petersburg , MI .  See “Allison, Nick” for additional information.  

McNeill John

The elder McNeill was probably “John” McNeill. He lived in NY and then Michigan . He fought in the War of 1812.  He was very Scottish and he drank a lot.  There are four children that are known:  (1) John McNeill, born in May 1824 in NY, Mohawk Valley .  He died Nov. 1, 1881 and was buried in Petersburg , Michigan , in Oakwood cemetery. His second wife was Mary Hinsdale.  (2) Chauncy McNeill.  He served in the Civil War and was taken prisoner by the Confederacy.  He was imprisoned at Andersonville .  He has a memorial marker at Oakwood Cemetery in Petersburg , but he is buried at Andersonville .  (3) Jenny, who married a man named Simmons.  (4) Elizabeth, who married Christopher Bateman. Source: M.R.  

McNeill John

John McNeill died Nov. 1, 1881, at 57 years. His wife: Mary M.  Source: Oakwood cemetery, Dundee .  Note: that was second wife Mary Hinsdale McNeill.  

McNeill John

John McNeill was born in May, 1824.  He was a carpenter, and probably a contractor. He died of pneumonia Nov. 1, 1881.  Mary Hinsdale, his second wife, was born Sept. 1827, and died Jan. 5, 1882.  

McNeill John

John McNeill married his first wife, Elmina Reynolds, Oct. 31, 1849.  Elmina Reynolds was born in Feb. 1827 and died on Oct. 11, 1851, at the age of 24 years and 8 months.  When he married his second wife, he named the first daughter after his first wife.  

McNeill Mary

Mary M. McNeill died Jan. 5, 1882. Age 54 years, 5 months. Her husband was J. M. McNeill.  Source: Oakwood cemetery, Dundee . Note: her maiden name was Hinsdale .  

McNeill Mary Hinsdale

Mary Hinsdale was the second wife of John McNeill.  She was born Sept 1827, NY.  She died Jan. 5, 1882, in Milan of “lingering consumption.” She was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Dundee .  
 John and Mary Hinsdale McNeill had four daughters:  (1) Elmina (Mina), (b. 1857?) (Married Albert B. Smith on Sept. 25, 1882.) Elmina was named after her father’s first wife.  (2) Mary Helen McNeill, “Mata,” b. July 9, 1859. (3) Frances Folsum, “Fanny,” b. Feb. 3, 1861, married Nick Allison. (4) Alice Stannard McNeill, b. Dec. 1863, married A. E. Putnam.  

McNeill Mattie

Mattie E. McNeill, 20, of Toledo was married Aug. 24, 1862 in Bedford . Groom: Cyrenius G. Clarke, 29, of Toledo . Officiated by Silas Bristol, JP.  Source: Monroe county marriage records.  Note:  Probably not related to the other McNeills in this listing.  

McNeill Mata

John and Mary Hinsdale McNeill had four daughters.  The second, Mary Helen McNeill, went by the name “Mata.”  She married David Skillen.  Mary Helen was born July 9, 1859.  

McNeill Philena

Philena was married to a man named McNeill.  Her maiden name is not known. She was born about 1804 in NY. She was found in the 1850 census, and must have died before the 1870 census.   

McNeill Triphena

Chauncey McNeill was married to Triphena.  Triphena was born in 1825 in NY.  They had children:  Willis C., Clara, and perhaps others.  The family lived in Dundee in 1850, where it says he was a laborer.  They were in Summerfield in 1860.  Source: Ancestry .com  

McNeill Tryphena

Tryphena McNeill was born Tryphena Hinsdale.  She was the sister of Mary Hinsdale McNeill.  Basically, two Hinsdale women married McNeill brothers.  Tryphena was two years older than Mary.  Tryphena was born about 1825 in NY, and she died in 1888. Tryphena was buried at Oakwood cemetery in Petersburg .  

McNeill Tryphena

“Tryphena McNiel” is listed in the 1870 census, living in Dundee , age 43. She was born about 1827 in New York .  The 1880 census says she was living in Dundee, and her parents were both born in Connecticut .  She was 54 at that time; she lived with her son Willis, 22, and her daughter Clara, 20, in Dundee .  

McNeill Tryphena

Tryphena McNeill was born in 1825, died in 18 ? ? (illegible).  Source: Oakwood cemetery, Dundee .  

McNeill Willie

Willie C. McNeill was born in 1858, died in 1922.  Source; Oakwood cemetery, Dundee .

McNeill Willis

Willis McNeill, 27, of Dundee, and born in Dundee, with the occupation “cigar maker,” was married March 22, 1885 in Petersburg, Mich. His new wife: Flavia A. Hall, 19, residing in Dundee, and born in Eagle Harbor .  Source: Monroe county marriage records. Note: Willis would have been born about 1858.  

Mead
Alice

Alice M. Mead was born in 1867, died in 1932. Buried in Rice Cemetery .  

Mead Bertha

Bertha E. Mead was married to Lee I. Draper.  See “Draper” for information about him.

Mead Charles

Charles E. Mead died Nov. 30, 1921 at 64 years of age. Source: “new” Petersburg cemetery in Summerfield.  

Mead
C. W.

Mrs. C. W. Mead died March 11, 1904, 81 years old.  Inferred by records at “new” Petersburg cemetery in Summerfield that she was wife of Charles E. Mead.  

Mead Diana

Diana I. Mead, wife of Newcomb Mead, died Feb. 21, 1903. Buried in Rice Cemetery . She was born Nov. 2, 1830.  

Mead, Edgar

Minnie L. Mead was born Jan. 11, 1877 in Milan (township?)  Her father was Edgar W. Mead of Milan , a farmer, and her mother was Hattie Mead of Milan .  Hattie was born in NY.  Source: Birth record.  

Mead Edgar

Edgar W. Mead served as Milan township clerk in 1874, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, and 88.  It is possible he served subsequent to 1888, I don’t know.   See also Howe, Moses J.  

Mead Effie

Effie Mead got married to Edward Gay, and had a son named Donald.  Effie was a student at the Mead School in 1885.  Her birth certificate says “Effa E. Mead.”  Her father was Winfield Mead.  Her mother was Helen McLellan.  Effie was born Oct. 2, 1876.  She died in 1907.  When she died, she left behind her husband, Edward Gay, and son, Donald.  

Mead Eldarus C.

Eldarus C. Mead served as Justice of the Peace in Milan Township in 1878.

Mead Elmer

Elmer Mead was b. Feb. 1886, was 32, single, and occupation farmer.  That’s report of 1900 census, taken in Milan township, not inside Village of Milan .  Elmer’s mother was in the home, Diana, b. Nov. 1829, age 70. Elmer’s sister, Lucilla, living in home, she was b. Jan. 1850, age 50. 

Mead Emma