Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Maxam, Alfred 1825 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

ALFRED MAXAM. Our subject, who is at the present time a resident of Koylton A
Township, Tuscola County, was born September 19, 1825, in Jefferson County, N.
Y. He is a son of William and Martha Maxam. The former was a native of Vermont
and born in 1784. He was reared on a farm and at the age of sixteen he began to
learn the shoemaker's trade. He then went to New York State and while there was
united in marriage to Martha Tifney, a daughter of George Tifney, who was an old
Revolutionary soldier. The couple later emigrated to Summit County, Ohio, in
1834, and there both husband and wife died.

  In the parental family were thirteen children whose names are as follows;
William T., T., Martha, Sophia, Elisha, James, Isaac, Susan, Alfred, Danfred,
Joel, Ansel, Linus and Jane. Our subject was thrown upon his own resources in
the way of taking care of himself when sixteen years of age, and at that time he
went to work on a farm in Ohio. After being engaged there for some time he came
to Michigan and located in Van Buren County, in 1845. Four years later he
returned to Ohio and after four years spent in that State he again came back to
Michigan. While in the Buckeye State he had learned the trade of ship calking
and followed it for seven years.

  On returning to Michigan Alfred Maxam located in Van Buren County, and there
remained for eleven years, thence coming to Tuscola County twenty-six years ago.
He was married at the age of twenty-two to Mary A. Van Etten. From this union
were born six children, four of whom still survive. They are Martha E., Orinda
E., Orlando S., William P., Alfred L., and Luretta N; the last two are deceased.
Martha is the wife of George Glazier; Orinda is the wife of Samuel Ellis. The
original of our sketch has been honored by the confidence and esteem of his
fellow-citizens who have elected him to various township offices. He held the
offices of Township Treasurer, and Justice of the Peace for several years. The
farm upon which he now lives and which comprises one hundred and sixty acres of
fertile and valuable land, was at the time of his advent hither heavily timbered
and wild.


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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