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     Lulu Duncan was born circa 1875; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Henerietta Beattie Allen & Hiram David Lawrence Bullock.¹ She married Thomas Allen circa 1897; per marriage reg'n. of dau. Henerietta Beattie Allen & Hiram David Lawrence Bullock.¹ As of circa 1897,her married name was Allen.¹

     Arden Clark Harren was born on 23 December 1930 at Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date Dec 23 1930 & location Northumberland Co. per FindaGrave. Date 1930 per Obit - age 83 at death Apr 9 2013. Date Dec 23 1930 per Rushnell Funeral Homes Inc. (https://www.rushnellfuneralhomes.com/memorials/Harren-Arden-Clark/1845759/service-details.php.)^1,2,3 He appeared on the census of 1931 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 5 months at 1931 Census: see Norman Harren.⁴ He His father, Norman Harren, died June 1967. in June 1967 at Ontario. He lived in 1968 at 92 Alice St., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "122 Harren, Mrs. Helen, widow, 93 Young St." & "123 Harren, Miss Audrey, secretary, 93 Young St." & "124 Harren, Arden, contractor, 92 Alice St." & "125 Harren, Mrs. Arden - 92 Alice St." Canada Voters Lists, 1968, Northumberland Co., Village of Brighton, pg 295 of 806, ancecstry.ca.⁵ He lived on 20 September 1968 at Conc 1 Lot 2, Brighton Twp., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 47803) show that Leila Woodward sold "part lot 12 Plan 65, survey attached" to Arden Harren for $15,000. ITS Date: Sep 19 1968. Reg'n. Date: Sep 20 1968. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 014, pg. 149 of 210, page copied from OnLand.ca Nov 10 2022)
Note: This appears to be the modern house at the corner of Maplewood and Main - 133 Main St.⁶ He lived on 7 July 1970 at Conc 1 Lot 2, Brighton Twp., Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Land Registry Records (Grant 55816) show that Arden Harren & wife sold "part lot 12 Plan 65, commence at north west corner of lot 12, southerly 84.37 feet, easterly 78.13 feet, northerly 84.39 feet, westerly 75.08 feet to place of commencement, survey attached to No 47803" to Ervan Scott & Jessie E. Scott (Joint Tenants) for $18,700. ITS Date: Jul 7 1970. Reg'n. Date: Sep 3 1970. (Ontario Land Registry Records, Northumberland Co., Brighton Village, Book 014, pg. 151 of 210, page copied from OnLand.ca Nov 10 2022)
Note: This appears to be the modern house at the corner of Maplewood and Main - 133 Main St.⁶ He died on 9 April 2013 at Brighton, Northumberland Co., Ontario, at age 82; "HARREN, Arden Clark - Peacefully at his home on Wednesday, April 9th, 2013, age 83 years. Arden Harren of Brighton, son of the late Norman Harren and the late Helen (Goodrich). Loving husband of Laura (Hubbs). Dear father of Stephen Harren and his wife Sandra of Belleville, and Anne and her husband Richard Madsen of Baltimore. Predeceased by his sister Audrey Harren and his brother, Earl Harren (Ruth). Sadly missed by his grandchildren, Lindsey, Sarah Harren, Sean, Erik, Quintin Madsen, and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at Salem United Church on Saturday, April 12th, 2014 from 12:30 p.m. Service to follow in the Church at 2 o'clock. Interment Salem United Church Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Parkinson Society Canada, would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements in care of the BRIGHTON FUNERAL HOME . www.rushnellfamilyservices.com" (https://communitypress.remembering.ca/obituary/arden-clark-harren-1073199536.)¹ He was buried on 12 April 2013 at Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Salem, Northumberland Co., Ontario; FindaGrave: Name: Arden Clark Harren; BIRTH: 23 Dec 1930, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; DEATH: 9 Apr 2014 (aged 83), Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; BURIAL: Salem Cemetery, Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; MEMORIAL ID: 202837492 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202837492/arden-clark-harren.)³

     Murney Appleby was born circa 1900; per family tree of Kelly Fraser on ancestry.ca, Aug 27 2023.¹ He married Cora Lee McCrae circa 1933; per family tree of Kelly Fraser on ancestry.ca, Aug 27 2023.¹

     Cora Lee McCrae was born circa 1900; per family tree of Kelly Fraser on ancestry.ca, Aug 27 2023.¹ She married Murney Appleby circa 1933; per family tree of Kelly Fraser on ancestry.ca, Aug 27 2023.¹ As of circa 1933,her married name was Appleby.¹

     Alice Skelton was born in 1847 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Canada West; Date 1849 & location Cda. per 1851 Census. Date 1847 & location Matilda Twp. per marriage reg'n. - William Lennox.^1,2 She appeared on the census of 1851 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Canada West; Age 2 at 1851 Census: see Robert Skelton.² She lived on 31 March 1886 at Iroquois, Dundas Co., Ontario; Residence Iroquois per marriage reg'n. - William Lennox.¹ As of 31 March 1886,her married name was Lennox.¹ She married William Lennox, son of John Lennox and Margaret Seely, on 31 March 1886 at Iroquois, Dundas Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#011165: Name: Wm. Lennoxl Age: 60; Res.: Iroquois; Born: Matilda Twp; Status: widower; Occ.: lab; Parents: John Lennox & Margaret Seely; Bride: Alice Skelton; Age 39; Res.: Iroquois; Born: Matilda Twp; Status: spinster; Parents: Robert Skelton & Elizabeth Serviss; Wit.: R.C. Brown & C.E. Tuttle, Iroquois; Date: Mar 31 1886; Place: Iroquois, Dundas Co; Rel.: Meth; Performed by: Wm. Brown; Reg'r.: James Tinsdale, Iroquis, Dundas Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #011165-1886, ancestry.ca.)³

     William Lennox was born in 1820 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Upper Canada; Date 1820 & location Matilda Twp., Dundas Co. per marriage reg'n. - Alice Skelton.¹ He lived on 31 March 1886 at Iroquois, Dundas Co., Ontario; Residence Iroquois per marriage reg'n. - Alice Skelton.¹ He married Alice Skelton, daughter of Robert Skelton and Elizabeth Serviss, on 31 March 1886 at Iroquois, Dundas Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#011165: Name: Wm. Lennoxl Age: 60; Res.: Iroquois; Born: Matilda Twp; Status: widower; Occ.: lab; Parents: John Lennox & Margaret Seely; Bride: Alice Skelton; Age 39; Res.: Iroquois; Born: Matilda Twp; Status: spinster; Parents: Robert Skelton & Elizabeth Serviss; Wit.: R.C. Brown & C.E. Tuttle, Iroquois; Date: Mar 31 1886; Place: Iroquois, Dundas Co; Rel.: Meth; Performed by: Wm. Brown; Reg'r.: James Tinsdale, Iroquis, Dundas Co. (Ontario Marriage Registration, #011165-1886, ancestry.ca.)²

     John Lennox was born circa 1790; per marriage reg'n. of son Wm. Lennox & Alice Skelton.¹ He married Margaret Seely circa 1815; per marriage reg'n. of son Wm. Lennox & Alice Skelton.¹

     Margaret Seely was born circa 1790; per marriage reg'n. of son Wm. Lennox & Alice Skelton.¹ She married John Lennox circa 1815; per marriage reg'n. of son Wm. Lennox & Alice Skelton.¹ As of circa 1815,her married name was Lennox.¹

     Ellen Skelton was born in 1839 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Upper Canada; Date 1839 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of 1851 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Canada West; Age 12 at 1851 Census: see Robert Skelton.¹

     William Skelton was born in 1842 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Canada West; Date 1842 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.^1,2 He appeared on the census of 1851 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Canada West; Age 9 at 1851 Census: see Robert Skelton.²

     Margaret Skelton was born in 1845 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Canada West; Date 1845 & location Cda. per 1851 Census.¹ She appeared on the census of 1851 at Matilda Twp., Dundas Co., Canada West; Age 6 at 1851 Census: see Robert Skelton.¹

     Ethan Freeman was born circa 1785 at Connecticut, U.S.A; Date 1780-1789 & location Connecticut per American Genealogical Index. Location "New England States" per Death Reg'n. of son John Bennet Freeman.^1,3 He Name: Ethan Freeman; Birth Date: 1780-1789; Birth Place: Connecticut; Viol.: 58; Page: 206; Ref: Records of Ct. Men Who Served in the War of 1812. Hartford, 1889. (169p.):153 - ancestry.ca. in 1812 at U.S.A.³ He married Amanda Bellamy circa 1828; per Death Reg'n. of son John Bennet Freeman.¹ Ethan Freeman appeared on the census of 1837 at Conc A Lot 11, Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; 1837 Census: Freeman, Ethan, Conc A, Lot 11, 170 acres uncult., 30 acres cult., 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female over 16, 2 females under 16, Total 5 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Murray Twp.)
Note 1: This is the only occurrance of Ethan Freeman in Murray records. His widow, Amanda Freeman, appears for three years after this, 1839, 1840 and 1841. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 31 2025)
Note 2: The Patent from the Crown for Lot 11, Conc A, Murray Twp. was granted to King's College in 1828, then sold to John R. Macaulay in 1840. Obviously, this Freeman family were renting, and only for a short time. (Dan Buchanan, Mar 31 2025.)² He died circa 1838 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Upper Canada; Appears in 1837 Census but his wife Amanda appears from 1839 forward.²

     Amanda Bellamy was born circa 1800; per Death Reg'n. of son John Bennet Freeman.¹ She married Ethan Freeman circa 1828; per Death Reg'n. of son John Bennet Freeman.¹ As of circa 1828,her married name was Freeman.¹ Amanda Bellamy appeared on the census of 1839 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1839 Census: Amanda Freeman, - male over 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female over 16, 2 females under 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Murray Twp.)² She appeared on the census of 1840 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1840 Census: Amanda Freeman, 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female over 16, 2 females under 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Murray Twp.)² She appeared on the census of 1841 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; 1841 Census: Amanda Freeman, 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16, 1 female over 16, 2 females under 16 (Newcastle District Census & Assessment Records, Murray Twp.)²

     Ethan B. Freeman was born in 1865 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1865 & location Ont. per 1881 Census. Date 1866 & location Ont. per 1871 Census.^1,2 He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 5 at 1871 Census: see John B. Freeman.² He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1881 Census: see John B. Freeman.¹

     John A. Freeman was born in 1870 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1870 & location Ont. per 1881 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1871 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 1 at 1871 Census: see John B. Freeman.² He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 11 at 1881 Census: see John B. Freeman.¹

     William L. Freeman was born in 1873 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Date 1873 & location Ont. per 1881 Census.¹ He appeared on the census of April 1881 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 8 at 1881 Census: see John B. Freeman.¹

     Esther Elizabeth Tillotson was born on 15 April 1857 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date 1857 per CemSearch. Date Apr 15 - & location Cda. per Death Reg'n. Date Apr 15 1849 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1855 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Location Brighton Twp. per late Birth Reg'n. for dau. Ethel May Freeman.^1,2,3,4,6 As of February 1881,her married name was Freeman.¹ She married John Bennet Freeman, son of Ethan Freeman and Amanda Bellamy, in February 1881 at Ontario; John B. Freemanis a widower per the 1881 Census, still in Cramahe. Marriage reg'n. not seen, must be around Feb. 1881. per CemSearch.^1,7 Esther Elizabeth Tillotson appeared on the census of 20 April 1891 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 36 at 1891 Census: see John B. Freeman.³ She appeared on the census of 6 April 1901 at Murray Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age ?42? at 1901 Census: see John B. Freeman.⁴ She lived in 1920 at 1903 St. Clarens Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Resident 8 years at death 1928 - per Death Reg'n.² She died on 1 April 1928 at 1093 St. Clarens Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario, at age 70; Death Reg'n.#002893: Name: Esther Elizabeth Freeman; Date: Apr 1 1928; Age: 70y; Res.: 1093 St. Clarens Ave., Toronto, 8y; Born: Apr 15 - , Cda; Nat.: Eng; Status: widow; Parents: Daniel Tillotson, b. USA & - Reynolds - ; Inf.: Ethel Freeman, 1093 St. Clarens Ave., TO, dau; Burial: Salem Cemetery, Apr 3 1928; Und.: Nash Funerals, 1141 St. Clair W., TO; Cause: cerebral haemorrhage, 1 day, blood pressure, 3y; Phys.: J.G. Gillies, 1435 Lansdowne Ave., TO; Reg'd.: Apr 2 1928, Toronto (Ontario Death Registration, #002893-1928, ancestry.ca) Date 1928 per CemSearch.^1,8 She was buried on 3 April 1928 at Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Twp., Salem, Northumberland Co., Ontario; CemSearch: Name: Esther Freeman; Maiden: Tillison; Born: 1857; Died: 1928; ID: SALEM0511; Other names: Freeman, John B. (1837-1920), Freeman, Mahala [Clark] (1844-1876); Cemetery: Salem Cemetery, Conc 1, Lot 21, Cramahe Twp., Village of Salem, Northumberland Co., Sec 2 Row 20 Plot 5; Note: Wife <2> of John B. Freeman. (https://www.cemsearch.ca/burial/?pID=SALEM0511%5E2) Date Apr 3 1928 & location Salem Cemetery per Death Reg'n.^1,2

     Daniel Tillotson was born in 1815 at Upper Canada; per Death Reg'n. of dau. Esther Elizabeth (Tillotson) Freeman. Date 1815 & location Brighton per family tree of vbferg on ancestry.ca, Jul 3 2025. Location Brighton per Death Reg'n. of dau. Henrietta (Tillotson) Brown.^1,3 He married Lucinda Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Charles Reynolds and Eleanor Warner, circa 1850; per Death Reg'n. of dau. Esther Elizabeth (Tillotson) Freeman.¹

     Lucinda Elizabeth Reynolds was born in 1818 at Oneida Co., New York, U.S.A; per Death Reg'n. of dau. Esther Elizabeth (Tillotson) Freeman. Date 1818 & location Oneida Co., NY per family tree of vbferg on ancestry.ca, Jul 3 2025.^1,2 As of circa 1834,her married name was Day.² She married Orlando Henry Day circa 1834 at Upper Canada; per family tree of vbferg on ancestry.ca, Jul 3 2025.² Lucinda Elizabeth Reynolds married Daniel Tillotson circa 1850; per Death Reg'n. of dau. Esther Elizabeth (Tillotson) Freeman.¹ As of circa 1850,her married name was Tillotson.¹

     Ethel May Freeman was born on 31 October 1881 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#65545; Name: Ethel May Freeman; Date: Oct 31 1881; Place: Cramahe Twp; Parents: John Bennett Freeman, ager 46, farmer, Cramahe Twp., born Murray Twp. & Esther Elziabeth Tillostson, age 24, born Brighton Twp; Phys.: Dr. Dean, Brighton; Inf.: William Lewis Freeman, 674 Dundas St., West, Toronto; Reg'd.: Oct 12 1945; Reg'r.: George Routcliffe, Toronto (Ontario Late Birth Registration, #65545-1945, ancestry.ca)
Date Oct 31 1881 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1882 & location Ont. per 1891 Census.^1,2,3,5 She appeared on the census of 20 April 1891 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 9 at 1891 Census: see John B. Freeman.² She lived on 1 April 1928 at 1093 St. Clarens Ave., Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Informant for death Reg'n. of her mother Esther Elizabeth (Tillotson) Freeman.¹

     Jessie Mabel Freeman was born on 16 October 1884 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#501845: Name: Jessie Mabel Freeman; Date: Oct 16 1883; Place: Brighton Twp; Parents: John Bennett Freeman, b. Ont., farmer, Brighton & Esther Elizabeth Tillison, b. Ont., Brighton; Phys.: Dr. Dean; Inf.: Jessie Mabel Sale, P.O. Box 441, Brighton; Reg'd.: Oct 8 1954 (Ontario Late Birth Registration, #501845-1954, ancestry.ca)
Date Oct 16 1884 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1884 & location Ont. per 1891 Census. Date Oct 16 1884 & location Brighton Twp. per family tree of Mchurch351 on anccestry.ca, Aug 29 2023.^1,4,2,5 She appeared on the census of 20 April 1891 at Brighton Twp., Northumberland East Co., Ontario; Age 7 at 1891 Census: see John B. Freeman.⁴ She appeared on the census of 6 April 1901 at Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 16 at 1901 Census: see John B. Freeman.² She lived on 18 May 1912 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Ephraim Richard Sale.⁶ As of 18 May 1912,her married name was Sale.⁶ She married Ephraim Richard Sale, son of Ephraim Sale and Minnie Bell, on 18 May 1912 at Newmarket, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#024191: Groom: Ephraim Richard Sale; Age: 29; Res. & Born: Toronto; Status: bachelor; Rel.: Bapt; Parents: Ephraim Sale & Minnie Bell; Bride: Jessie Freeman; Age: 28; Res.: Toronto; Born: Brighton; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Freeman & Estehr Tillotson; Wit.: Caroline A. Robinson & Susie R. B. Simpson, Newmarket; Date: May 18 1912; Place: Newmarket; Performed by: Rev. J.D. Simpson; Sworn: Toronto, May 15 1912; Reg'r.: Harvey Wineberg, Toronto (Ontario Marriage Registration, #024191-1912, ancestry.ca.)⁷ Jessie Mabel Freeman died on 7 December 1970 at age 86; per family tree of Mchurch351 on anccestry.ca, Aug 29 2023.¹

     Ephraim Richard Sale was born in 1883 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Date 1883 & location Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Jessie Mabel Freeman.¹ He lived on 18 May 1912 at Toronto, York Co., Ontario; Residence Toronto per marriage reg'n. - Jessie Freeman.¹ He married Jessie Mabel Freeman, daughter of John Bennet Freeman and Esther Elizabeth Tillotson, on 18 May 1912 at Newmarket, York Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#024191: Groom: Ephraim Richard Sale; Age: 29; Res. & Born: Toronto; Status: bachelor; Rel.: Bapt; Parents: Ephraim Sale & Minnie Bell; Bride: Jessie Freeman; Age: 28; Res.: Toronto; Born: Brighton; Status: spinster; Rel.: Meth; Parents: John Freeman & Estehr Tillotson; Wit.: Caroline A. Robinson & Susie R. B. Simpson, Newmarket; Date: May 18 1912; Place: Newmarket; Performed by: Rev. J.D. Simpson; Sworn: Toronto, May 15 1912; Reg'r.: Harvey Wineberg, Toronto (Ontario Marriage Registration, #024191-1912, ancestry.ca.)²

     Ephraim Sale was born circa 1850; per marriage reg'n. of son Ephraim Richard Sale & Jessie Mabel Freeman.¹ He married Minnie Bell circa 1879; per marriage reg'n. of son Ephraim Richard Sale & Jessie Mabel Freeman.¹

     Minnie Bell was born circa 1850; per marriage reg'n. of son Ephraim Richard Sale & Jessie Mabel Freeman.¹ She married Ephraim Sale circa 1879; per marriage reg'n. of son Ephraim Richard Sale & Jessie Mabel Freeman.¹ As of circa 1879,her married name was Sale.¹

     Benjamin F. Loomis was born on 19 May 1852 at Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Canada West; Date May 19 1852 & location Cda. per FindaGrave.¹ He married Lucy Ann Cook circa 1875 at Michigan, U.S.A; per FindaGrave.¹ Benjamin F. Loomis died on 20 February 1910 at Memphis, Macomb Co., Michigan, U.S.A., at age 57; Date Feb 20 1910 & location Memphis, Macomb Co., Michigan per FindaGrave.¹ He was buried on 22 February 1910 at Memphis Cemetery, Memphis, Macomb Co., Michigan, U.S.A; FindaGrave: Name: Benjamin F. Loomis; BIRTH: 19 May 1852, Canada; DEATH: 20 Feb 1910 (aged 57), Memphis, Macomb County, Michigan, USA; BURIAL: Memphis Cemetery, Memphis, Macomb County, Michigan, USA; MEMORIAL ID: 115482995; Note: Son of Levi and Phoeba Ann (Clark) Loomis, the latter of whom died December 29, 1899. The grandfather of Benjamin F. was also Levi Loomis, who left New York about 1825, removing his family to Canada. He became prominent in the lumber business, and reared a family of 8 children; Crowell, deceased; Levi; Chester; Abner; Homer, deceased; Lorrie, deceased; Martha, deceased, and Ruth. The father of the subject came to Michigan in 1856, and located near Armada, in Richmond township. He traded his land there for 80 acres in Berlin township, St. Clair county, in 1861. He died in 1864. In politics he was a Republican, and both he and his wife were members of the Methodist church. They were well known and highly esteemed and reared a family of 6 children: Abner; Nina; Martha, who died in infancy; Chester, Medora and Benjamin F. April 20, 1874, Benjamin F. Loomis married Lucy Ann Clark, who was born in Macomb county, Michigan. After his marriage Mr. Loomis and wife settled on an 80-acres tract 4 miles west of Memphis, in Richmond township, Macomb county, which then awaited the woodsman's ax and which was located on the county line. He cleared this up in 8 years, and added land across the county line in Riley township and in 1881 removed to this latter tract. In 1882 he added another 40 acres and in 1900 still 80 acres more, making a farm of 240 acres, nearly all in cultivation, and improved with tile drainage and modern buildings. Mr. Loomis and wife have 3 children: Vernon, Maud, who married Hiram Jones, who is associated with Mr. Loomis, and Chester. Mr. Loomis has always been a staunch Republican and has taken an active interest in political matters. He is one of the most successful farmers in Riley township, and is one of the few farmers in this section of the state who have their farms well tiled. He has eight miles of tiling on his place and is a strong advocate of the theory that tiling improves either high or low land. He believed in feeding the grain and forage products of the farm to stock on the land, thus making it easy to market and at the same time increasing the fertility of the soil. He finds that sheep are the most profitable stock to keep on the farm, being partial to imported Shropshires. He finds that the wool from his flocks commands from one to two cents more on the pound than does that from the ordinary flock. He raises and handles Durham cattle and general purpose horses. He is a man who has seen many ups and downs in life and has had much sickness in his family, but he has ridden above all obstructions, hindrances and disappointments and achieved a grand success. He has an elegant residence, two large barns and a well improved place in every respect. All his surroundings denote thrift and enterprise, and he is regarded as a liberal, energetic citizen, possessing the respect and esteem of all who know him. Benjamin F. Loomis is a splendid type of that class of men to whom the country at large owes more for the large degree of material prosperity which we enjoy than is generally recognized. Agricultural wealth is the basis of all wealth and the foundation stone upon which rests the financial stability of every civilized government upon earth. No class of citizens occupies a more important position in the complex relationship of the individual to the body politic, the harmonious action of which is resultant in our splendid system of government, than the farmer, and especially of that large middle class who own and cultivate their own farms. Every line of business or calling in life must and does have its leaders, and from the primitive methods used in performing the work and developing the resources of every calling and profession we see the results of the achievements of his leadership. Some leaders are born, some have leadership thrust upon them, and some achieve leadership both by a natural ability to their calling or profession and because of the results achieve by their work. Of the latter class is Benjamin F. Loomis. Had his lot in life fallen in other lines he would have been n o less a leader and would have been found in the front ranks. With the eye of a general, he was quick to see the advantages offered by a new country, to the importance of securing a farm of his own and of proportions sufficient to make him independent so far as amount of land was concerned. This he accomplished by moving onto land, clearing it up and adding more as rapidly as he could while it was comparatively cheap. After securing as much as he thought necessary to his purpose, he turned his attention to improved methods of farming, to tiling his land and the improvement of the live stock kept on the farm. While others were satisfied to confine their tiling to the low-lying land, he advocated the tiling of the high land also, and found it just as fruitful. "Biographical Memoirs of Saint Clair County, Michigan," published in 1903 by B. F. Bowen Publishers in Logansport, Indiana, pgs. 487-488 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115482995/benjamin-f-loomis.)¹