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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MARCUS R. TRUESDELL, dealer in hardware, stoves, tin, copper and sheet iron 
ware, was born in Independence, Oakland County, Mich. He learned the trade of a 
tinsmith at Flint, where he lived for a number of years. In the fall of 1877 he 
came to Caro and opened a hardware establishment. Is one of the directors as 
well as organizers of the Caro District Agricultural Society. Is a member of the 
firm of S. F. Smead & Co., also dealers in hardware in Caro. He has a tin shop 
in connection with his store, where he employs several hands and manufactures 
all kinds of tin, copper and sheet iron ware. Is a man of family, having a wife 
and two children.

    D. D. INGELs was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1842, and in 1847 came to 
Michigan with his parents and located in Lapeer County. In 1860 he removed to 
Flint, and in 1861 enlisted in the Tenth Michigan Infantry, serving with that 
organization until its term of service expired, participating in Sherman's 
famous march to the sea. After his discharge he was connected with the 
transportation department until the close of the war. In 1868 he came to Caro 
and established a meat market, which proving successful, he built in 1876 his 
present commodious market on the corner of State and Lincoln Streets, a 
lithographic view of which appears in this work.