Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Quackenbush, Robert February 3, 1840 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

ROBERT QUACKENBUSH, farmer, section 18, Croton Township, was born Feb. 3, 
1840.  Peter Quackenbush, his 

father, was born of German ancestors, in 1798, in Monmouth, N.J., and died in 
1862.  His mother, Maria 

(Morgan) Quackenbush, was of the same nationality and born in 1819, in the 
same place as her husband.  The 

latter became a soldier in the Union army, enlisting in the State of New 
York.  He was taken sick and died 

in the hospital, leaving a wife and six children.  Mr. Quackenbush died Jan. 
1, 1884.

Mr. Quackenbush was the eldest child, and on his father's demise assumed his 
place in the management and 

maintenance of the family.  The home place was but small, and in addition to 
the duties of farming he 

worked two years as a saw-mill hand, and at the end of the third year sold the 
farm and came to Michigan.  

The family settled in Croton Township, on a farm the son purchased, and Mr. 
Quackenbush worked two years 

at harness-making at Croton village.  He settled down to agricultural life in 
1866, and has devoted the 

summer seasons to farming, and engaged in lumbering winters.  He now owns 135 
acres of land, of which 25 

acres are cleared and under cultivation.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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