Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Valentine, Henry 1855 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

HENRY VALENTINE. Among the many foreign-born residents of Watertown Township,
Tuscola County, we are pleased to give room to a sketch of Mr. Valentine, who
was born July 10, 1855, in England. His parents are John and Susannah (Gill)
Valentine, and of them our readers will find further details in another part of
this record. Our subject had his early training and education in England, and
was there married to Jane Gummerson, a native of England. To them were granted
the following children: Alice G., Susan G., Annie B., Nellie A., John E. and Mary
M.

  Henry Valentine became convinced that if he would give suitable advantages to
his young family he must bring them to the New World, where there were openings
for the poor, and where all stood on an equal basis. He therefore came to this
country and settled in Michigan in 1880, undertaking farm work. At present he is
on Mr. Collins' farm. He has been a Prohibitionist ever since he has had a vote
in the United States, and is a member of Prohibition League No. 2.

  Edward Gummerson, the father of Mrs. Valentine, is also a native of England,
as is likewise his wife, Alice (Green) Gummerson, and they are the parents of
seven sons and six daughters. Mr. Gummerson was an engineer in England and his
father and mother were Charles and Keziah Gummerson. They reared to maturity a
family of four daughters and two sons. Charles Gummerson was an underlooker in a
coal mine. He died in 1856, and his good wife, who survived him, passed from
earth in 1872.


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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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