Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Tibbitts, Margaret E. March 9, 1845 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

MARGARET E. TIBBITTS, resident on section 28, Denver Township, was born in De 
Kalb Co., Ind., March 9, 

1845.  Her parents, John and Mary (Warren) Milliman, were natives of New 
England.  They lived in 

Cleveland, Ohio, several years, and afterward moved to Indiana.  Margaret was 
educated in her native 

state, and remained at home until her marriage, Oct. 4, 1864, to James 
Brownlee.  Just previous to this 

event Mr. Brownlee had been in the army.  While there, he contracted the 
measles, which terminated in the 

quick consumption, from which terminated in the quick consumption, from which 
he died May 14, 1865, at 

Nashville, Tenn.  He belonged to Co. A, 9th Ind. Inf. but was not in any 
battle, owing to disability.

Sept. 4, 1868, Mrs. Brownlee married Shepard Tibbitts, of Fremont, this 
county.  He was a son of Arza and 

Adaline (Shattuck) Tibbitts, natives of Brown Co., Ont., where he was born, 
April 8, 1825.  He came to 

this State i 1851, after having spent some time in Vermont and New York.  Very 
soon after marriage they 

settled on a farm of 160 acres of timbered land in Denver Township.  This land 
is now in a good state of 

cultivation, with a residence upon it, built at a cost of $1,500.  Mr. 
Tibbitts died at his home March 3, 

1882, leaving four children and a large circle of friends to mourn his loss.  
He had led an honest, active 

life and was highly respected by all who knew him.  He was buried with Masonic 
honors.  Mr. and Mrs. 

Tibbitts had six children:  Jennie, born July 6, 1869; Willard, Nov. 12, 1871; 
Bertha A., March 28, 1876; 

John A., Oct. 17, 1877; Bertie, born Aug. 19, 1873, died Sept. 24, 1873; 
another child also died in 

infancy.

Mr. Tibbitts held various township offices.  He had for some time been a 
member of the Masonic Order:  was 

a strong advocate of the temperance cause, and in politics a Republican.  Both 
himself and wife were 

charter members of the Grange.

Mrs. Tibbitts lost her sight in 1870 and since that time has been unable to 
recognize any one.  A severe 

cold was the cause of this sad calamity.

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

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