Tuscola-Macomb County MI Archives Biographies.....Adair, Edmond P. 1816 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

EDMOND P. ADAIR. Among the enterprising sons of New York, who have brought to
the Wolverine State the excellent training and business habits which mark the
denizens of that prosperous State, we are pleased to mention Mr. Adair, who has
for some time been one of the most prominent business men of Fremont Township.
He was born July 20, 1816, in Oneida County, N. Y., and is a son of Samuel and
Hannah (Bradley) Adair, both of whom were born in Connecticut, the Land of
Steady Habits.

  These parents gave to their son every opportunity to acquire a good
common-school education and these advantages the youth eagerly embraced so that
when the time came for him to strike out for himself he was well equipped for
the battle of life.

  Samuel Adair, the father of our subject, after his marriage, made his home in
Rochester, N. Y., and there studied law, and having prepared himself for the bar
he began practicing in which he was successful. In 1841 he moved to Macomb
County, Mich., and there pursued his profession and farming until his death
which occurred in 1838. [sic]

  Edmond P. Adair is the youngest of seven children born to his honored parents,
and ho began life for himself at the age of twenty years, going upon a farm in
Macomb County, which he carried on for seven years. After this he decided to
avail himself of the knowledge which he had gained in the direction of the boot
and shoe business and he opened a concern in this line at Utica, Macomb County,
continuing in this and the grocery business in that city for thirty-eight years
after which he came to his present home where he is engaged in farming.

  Our subject was married at the age of twenty-nine years to Adelia Ferris,
daughter of William B. and Mehitable (Wallace) Ferris and they have had the
happiness of welcoming into their home two children, Alice and George W. The
latter is a surgeon in the United States Army and is now stationed at Ft.
Robinson, Neb. He entered the United States service in 1874 and now holds the
rank of Major.  The mother of this son and daughter was called from earth's
activities in October, 1890.

  While in Macomb County, Mr. Adair filled for eight years the office of Justice
of the Peace, and was also Deputy United States Marshal for two years. His
business there was looking up the timber thieves of the State. He was very
successful in this and located many of them, detecting trespassers where many
others had failed to do so. At one time he found seven thousand stolen logs in
one pile and was of great use in many instances to the lumber men of Michigan.
He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Utica, Macomb County, having joined this
order at Mt. Clemens.


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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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