• Both parents born in Ireland.
[1710]• Before the end of pastor Tuttle’s first successful year here, the Methodists were planning for a building. They had organized a Board of five Trustees--Peter Brakeman, Nelson Mills, Ainsley Griffith, William Smith, and David Carlisle. These trustees purchased a strip of land 4 rods wide and 39 rods deep from Obadiah Gardner for the sum of $100.
[1141, p 5]• The Methodist Episcopal Church of Vicksburg was organized November 9, 1859, with Peter F. Brakman, Nelson Mills, Ainsley M. Griffith, D. Carlisle and William Smith Trustees, and William Tuttle, pastor.
[29, p 425]• Justice of the Peace, 1882.
School Inspector.
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• 1860 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 39, b NY. Carpenter & Joiner. $600; $200.
[5289]• 1870 Census: China, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 50, b NY. Carpenter & Joiner. $1700; $500.
[5283]• 1880 Census: China twp., St. Clair, Michigan. Age 53, b NY. Farmer.
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