William Monroe (1820 - 1889)

Born 28 May 1820 in Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States

Husband of Emma Harriet (Hulett) Whitesell — married 4 Jul 1868 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1889 at age 69 in Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States

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Biography

William Monroe was born May 28, 1820 to Mercy Wilson in New York.

WILLIAM MONROE, farmer, town of Green Lake, Grand Traverse County, was born in Steuben County, N. Y., in 1822. Came to Michigan in 1856, to Kent County, where he made his home about two and a half years. Came to Grand Traverse County in the fall of 1858, and located his present farm, buying four hundred acres in Section 31, Town 26, Range 11, and Section 7, Town 25, Range 11. Has since bought other lands in the vicinity. In the spring of 1859 he brought in his family, consisting of a wife and three sons. They came with their household goods in a sail-boat, from Grand Haven to Traverse City, and from there by ox team along a trail, cutting out their road, and taking two and a half days for the journey. There was at that time but one settler, Lyman Smith (located on Silver Lake) between Traverse City and Big Prairie, in Newaygo County. The Monroe settlement now presents the appearance of an old settled country, embracing some of the finest farms in northern Michigan. Mr. Monroe was married in 1842 to Nellie LaRue, who died in 1868, leaving three sons, Marquis L., Theodore and James H.H all of whom reside in the vicinity of the old homestead. In 1877 he married Linda Smith, by whom he has one daughter.

He died, at the age of 69, on November 9, 1889 in Grand Traverse, Michigan. He is buried at the Monroe Center Cemetery, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73041933/william-monroe : accessed 27 May 2022), memorial page for William Monroe (28 May 1820–9 Nov 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #73041933 citing Monroe Center Cemetery, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Homer Thiel (contributor 47256296) .

See Also:

• http://www.migenweb.org/grandtraverse/history1.html
• https://books.google.com/books?id=OzFMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA720&lpg=PA720&dq=Judge+James+H.+Monroe,+Traverse+County,+Michigan&source=bl&ots=p4he0uyTcw&sig=ACfU3U3VX4KVDUGMrPduRa_uZZSht47xUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbw8bD3aniAhUBKawKHWg1DJ8Q6AEwBHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Judge%20James%20H.%20Monroe%2C%20Traverse%20County%2C%20Michigan&f=false