Individual Notes

Note for: John E. Mills, 20 DEC 1879 - 27 FEB 1957 Index

Name Note: Source:    1930 Federal Census, Household: MILLS, John E.
State: MI
Year: 1930
County: Gladwin
Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: Grout (enumeration district 6)
Page: 3A - 2A
Database: MI 1930 Federal Census Index.

Individual Note:
     Obituary of John E, Mills from the Gladwin County Record, February 27, 1957; Page 1, Column 4

Illness Fatal to John E. Mills

        John E. Mills, 78, well-known Grout Township farmer, died at his home early Wednesday morning after an illness of a year. Born in Sanilac County on December 20, 1879, the son of Elizabeth and Isaac Mills,he had lived in Gladwin County for the past 67 years. On March 24, 1909, he was married to the former Miss Bertha Haines.
        Surviving are his wife, Bertha; three daughters, Mrs. Zella Wright of Lansing, Mrs. Clara Sager of Battle Creek and Miss Helen Mills of Lansing; two sons, Charles E. and Francis J. of Gladwin; two brothers, Charles of Detroit and James of Douglas; five sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Gifford of California, Mrs. Mary Harris of Atlanta, Michigan, Mrs. Annie Hutchison, Mrs. Jennie Schoolcraft of Onaway and Mrs. Mattie Matheny of Oregon.
        Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Assembly of God Church with the Rev. Burdette Faulk officiating. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery. Friends may call at the church one hour before the services.
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Individual Notes

Note for: Joseph Bernard McCreery, 24 AUG 1788 - 4 FEB 1856 Index

Burial:
     Date:   7 FEB 1856
     Place:   Fitchburg Cemetery, Bunkerhill Twp., Ingham Co., MI

Individual Notes

Note for: Abigail Collver, 13 JAN 1795 - 14 FEB 1862 Index

Burial:
     Date:   17 FEB 1862
     Place:   Fitchburg Cemetery, Bunkerhill Twp., Ingham Co., MI

Individual Notes

Note for: Alexander Brown McCreery, 3 JUN 1760 - 18 NOV 1838 Index

Burial:
     Date:   21 NOV 1838
     Place:   Strader Cemetery, Burdett Twp., Shuyler Co., NY

Individual Note:
     Alexander McCreery served in the Revolutionary War. He volunteered May 1, 1777 at Newburgh for four months service as a private under Captain Humphrey and Colonel Paulding. He also served three months in 1778 under the same officers and two months under Captain Tilford and Colonel McClaugherty.

In 1779, he served three months under Captain Cuddeback and Colonel Cantine.
While he was stationed at Fort Montgomery, the fort was attacked and many of the soldiers were captured by the British, but Alexander McCreery's Company escaped. During the later part of the Revolutionary War, Alexander was stationed on the frontier near Minisink to guard against the Indians and the Torries.

After completing his military service, Alexander moved to the village of Florida in Orange Co., New York in 1782. He and Eunice Armstrong were married Jan. 6, 1783 in the Presbyterian Church in Goshen, Orange Co., NY and started their married life in Hopewell, Montgomery Twp., Ulster Co., NY. He may have been employed in one of the many Grist Mills, Flour Mills, or Lumber Mills there because of the rapid streams in the area.
In 1791, Alexander and his family moved to the vicinity of Warwick in Orange County. Nothing is known of the eight years they spent there.

Alexander McCreery and his family moved to Ulysses, Seneca Co., New York in 1799. He purchased and operated a farm here for ten or eleven years. On April 18, 1810, Alexander sold the farm in Ulysses to Benjamin Credit for $1,480 and moved to Hector Town in what is now Schuyler Co., New York, approximately two miles north of Burdett. He purchased a portion of Lot No. 50. Sometime after 1810, Alexander purchased a portion of Lot No. 59 which lies immediately across Covert Road from Lot No. 50. Both parcels are on the west side of Satterly Hill Road. Alexander tilled the soil and grew feed and grain crops as well as fruit from as orchard.

Alexander McCreery was a deacon for eighteen years in the Presbyterian Church in the villages of Hector and Burdett in Hector Twp., Schuyler Co., NY. The McCreery's were pioneers in a newly developing country and were loved and respected by all who knew them
The resting place of Alexander and Eunice McCreery is in Strader Cemetery, a privately owned parcel of land consisting of approximately eight tenths of one acre. This property was purchased from the owner by the McCreery Clan and is maintained today...

Individual Notes

Note for: Edna May Ballard, 27 JUN 1904 - 27 MAR 1922 Index

Individual Note:
Cousin and close friend of Helen M. Gedney. Helen was devistated by the loss of her cousin in 1922 and never had another friendship like the one she had with Edna. Source - Janet Kay Johnson conversation with her mother when she was a child.

Gladwin County Death Schedule gives Edna Ballard's age at death as 17 years, 8 months, 28 days.

Individual Notes

Note for: Lester P. Ballard, 25 MAR 1906 - 22 AUG 1995 Index

Occupation:
     Date:   17 APR 1930
     Place:   Operator at Auto Factory

Residence:
     Date:   17 APR 1930
     Place:   408 Cottage Grove, Flint, Genesee Co., MI

Event:
     Type:   Grave GPS Coordinates
     Place:   43° 57.928'N 84° 32.154'W

Event:
     Type:   Home Ownership
     Date:   17 APR 1930
     Place:   Renting at $40 per month

Burial:
     Date:   AUG 1995
     Place:   Grout Township Cemetery, Gladwin Co., MI

Individual Notes

Note for: Walter Ballard, 1907 - Index

Occupation:
     Date:   17 APR 1930
     Place:   Auto Factory Laborer

Residence:
     Date:   17 APR 1930
     Place:   408 Cottage Grove, Flint, Genesee Co., MI

Individual Notes

Note for: Thomas Edward Page Jr., 1858 - 29 OCT 1907 Index

Occupation:
     Date:   30 AUG 1894
     Place:   Farmer

Occupation:
     Date:   24 JUN 1880
     Place:   Farmer

Residence:
     Date:   24 JUN 1880
     Place:   Grout Twp., Gladwin Co., MI

Event:
     Type:   Grave GPS Coordinates
     Place:   43° 58.514'N 84° 30.015'W

Burial:
     Date:   31 OCT 1907
     Place:   Highland Cemetery, Gladwin Co., MI