Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....McKillen, Samuel 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

SAMUEL McKILLEN. Lapeer County has among its sturdy and self-respecting farmers,
many who were natives of Canada and who have come hither to enjoy the advantages
which are to be found in Michigan. Among the best of this class in Goodland
Township, we are pleased to name the gentleman whose portrait appears on the
opposite page. His parents, David and Elizabeth (Abbott) McKillen, were both
natives of Ireland. The youth of our subject was passed in Canada and there he
received his early education and training in the duties of life.

  At the age of twenty-eight Mr. McKillen came from Canada to the United States
and proceeding to Lapeer County, Mich., located in Goodland Township. This was
in 1856 and the following year he purchased a tract of forty acres to which he
afterward added forty acres more, so that he has now a fine farm of eighty acres
on section 10. Fifty-five acres of this property are now handsomely improved and
in a fine condition for crops. Our subject was the eldest in a family of
eighteen children.

  Mr. McKillen was married January 7, 1851, to Dorothy H. Abbott who was a
native of Canada. Their marriage resulted in the birth of nine children. five of
whom are now living, namely: David S., William A., John A., Alice A., and Mina
L. while those who have passed to the other world are Elizabeth A. I., Celestia
Jane, Albert C., and Rose Ella. The mother of these children who was born July
20, 1831, was called from earth March 4, 1872. Our subject has been Justice of
the Peace for two terms and has also filled the offices of School Inspector and
Supervisor, which latter duty he performed for three years. When the office of
Township Superintendent was in existence he filled that place for three years
and has ever proved himself a valued and efficient citizen, deeply interested in
all movements for the progress of the township.


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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