Tuscola-Oakland County MI Archives Biographies.....Streeter, Dallas M. 1845 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

DALLAS M. STREETER. One of the farmers, who has worked for the development of
this portion of Tuscola County, is he whose name appears above. He was born
October 21, 1845 in Brandon Township, Oakland County, this State, and is a son
of Thomas and Judith (Rideout) Streeter. Our subject's grandfather, Elias
Streeter, was a captain in the War of 1812, and received his commission from the
governor of New York. He was a merchant in Rochester on the breaking out of that
war. He became ah early settler in Oakland County and made his home with his
children during his latter years, his death occurring in Tuscola County, when he
was living with his granddaughter, Eliza Black. He was one hundred and three
years of age at the time of his decease.

  Thomas Streeter was born in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1804 and was there
married in 1836, coming immediately afterward to Michigan and settling in
Oakland County, where he entered a tract of Government land and engaged in
farming J in Brandon Township'. He came to Tuscola County in October, 1853, and
entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Juniata Township. In 1855 he sold
this and entered one hundred and sixty. acres in Fair Grove which he improved.
About 1870 he moved to Ellington and purchased eighty acres of land where he
resided until the time of his death, in 1874. He was honored by election to
several public offices.

  By his first marriage Thomas Streeter became the father of eight
children-Aurilla (Mrs. James King), Eliza (Mrs. Black), Nancy (Mrs. Ames),
Hiram, David, John T., Dallas M. and Benjamin. The second wife was Charlotte
Luther nee Merrill, who still survives. Our subject was reared on a farm and
received a common-school education. He came to Tuscola County with his father
when fourteen years of age and began to earn his own living, working out by the
month and receiving $10 for his labor. With what he managed to save out of this
pittance he paid for eighty acres of land, to which his father had a tax title.
In the fall of 1865 he purchased forty acres on section 23, Almer Township, and
removing to this, cleared and improved it and has since added to it, forty acres
on section 22, so that he now aggregates one hundred acres. On another page of
this volume appears a view of his place which is beautified by a fine brick
residence and capacious and well-filled barns. Mr. Streeter has made his own way
in the world, all the outside help he has ever had being $100 received from his
father's estate. He has served in various local offices and has been
Commissioner of Highways. He is a Democrat of the strongest type.

  Mr. Streeter was married March 4, 1865, to Miss Sophia Northrup, who was born
in Oakland County, Mich. and is a daughter of Noah and Hannah (Arnold) Northrup.
Our subject and his wife have had three children-Daniel W., Melvin and Charlie.
The last two died in infancy.


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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