Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Scrace, Samuel 1833 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

SAMUEL SCRACE, a valiant old soldier of the Civil War, residing on section 28,
Atlas Township, Genesee County, is a native of England, and was born December
30, 1833. He is the son of John and Frances (Cole) Scrace, both natives of
England. When about a year and a half old this son emigrated with his parents to
America and they settled in Erie County, N. Y., where the parents spent the
remainder of their days. He lost his mother when in his ninth year and received
but a district school education.

  Having been reared to man's estate, Mr. Scrace enlisted August 5, 1862, in
Company C, One Hundred and Sixteenth New York Infantry, and became a part of the
army of Gen. Banks, in the Department of the Mississippi River. He participated
in the siege of Port Hudson and numerous skirmishes, and received his honorable
discharge June 16, 1864, after which he returned to Erie County, N. Y. He
receives a pension of $24 per month from the Government.

  Our subject was first married to Sarah Sivye, who became the mother of two
children, Frank and Alice, and then passed to the other world. The present Mrs.
Scrace was known in maidenhood as Sarah E. Russell, and she became his wife in
1877. In 1867 Mr. Scrace came to Michigan and settled upon his present farm in
Genesee County, where he has ever since resided. He owns eighty-five acres of
land, which is all the result of his own undaunted energy and perseverance, as
he has hewed out his own fortune and has not depended upon inherited wealth. He
has served as School Director and is deeply interested in educational matters,
being ever earnestly solicitous of improving the educational standing of the
township and the prosperity of the whole county. He is a Republican in his
political views and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to the
post at Ortonville. He has the entire confidence of the business community.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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