Caro, Biographies, Indian Fields, Tuscola Co., MI

This history was extracted from "History of Tuscola and Bay Counties, Mich.
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of their Prominent Men 
and Pioneers", published in Chicago by H. R. Page & Co. (1883), p. 93-104

This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.



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BENJAMIN F. NETTLETON was born in Penfield, Monroe County, N. Y., in 1833. 
In 1835 his father went with his family to Geauga County Ohio. The family 
consisted of four sons and four daughters, and Mrs. Nettleton. Benjamin F. lived 
in Ohio until 1856, when he came to Tuscola County, settling in what is now 
Juniata Township. He lived in that township for about twenty years, during which 
he followed his trade, that of a carpenter and joiner. He also cultivated a 
farm. In 1875 he disposed of his farm and purchased the Exchange Hotel in Caro, 
and has since kept the house. That the house is a good one is an assertion that 
finds proof in the fact that it has a large home patronage. In addition to hotel 
keeping he has also been for years interested in lumbering. He held the office 
of highway commissioner for three years, also was a constable. In 1862 was 
married to Mary J. Ensign, a native of Ohio, but a resident of Juniata. They 
have had six children, only one of whom, a daughter, is now living.