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Charles E. Monroe Biography

Charles E. Monroe, deceased, was born in South Dansville, Steuben county, New York, June 24, 1842,and died in Arlington township, Van Buren county, Michigan, where he was a well‐known and highly respected citizen. Mr. Monroe's parents, Zebulan and Cinthia (Townsend) Monroe, natives respectively of Connecticut and New York, came to Michigan in 1863 and made settlement in Van Buren county. Here Zebulan Monroe bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 15, Arlington township, upon which he established his home and where he spent the rest of his life, engaged in general farming and stock raising. Here he died, December 29, 1880. His good wife had died on December 27, 1879. Of their nine children the record is as follows: Lyman, deceased; Emily, widow of Caleb Lincoln, of Saginaw, Michigan; Orinda, Julia A. and Margaret, deceased; George W., of Arlington township; Benjamin B. of Hopkins, Michigan; Charles E. and Sarah A., deceased.

Charles E. Monroe in his youth attended the district school near his home in New York and assisted his father with the farm work. He accompanied the family on their removal to Michigan, and remained with the father, managing the farm, until his father's death, after which he continued farming the rest of his life, in which he met with a fair degree of success.

On November 17, 1869, Charles E. Monroe and Hattie E. Palmer were united in marriage, and to them were given nine children, namely: Myrtle A., wife of F. W. Robbins, of Greenwood, Michigan; Effie J., wife of Hiram F. Crawford, on the home place with her mother; Homer A. and Murry A., twins, both of Arlington township; the fifth child died in infancy, and the next three, Ida B., Erma and Lura R., are deceased; the youngest, Pearl, married Louis C. Miller and lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Mrs. Hattie E. Monroe is the daughter of Jared and Adeline (Whitman) Palmer, natives of New York state. Her father, by trade a miller and carpenter, was for years engaged in mercantile life in Paw Paw and Dowagiac. He died January 18, 1869. Her mother had died February 1, 1846, when Mrs. Monroe was only ten months old. In the Palmer family were six children: Alfred B., now a resident of Bangor, Michigan; William W., deceased, was lost at sea; Richard O.and Estella J., both deceased; Martin W. and Mrs. Monroe. Mrs. Monroe is identified with the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally Mr. Monroe affiliated with the Grangers and the Patriarchs, and politically, he was a Republican. For a number of years he filled the office of highway commissioner, and he also served as township treasurer.

Owner/Source	History of Van Buren County
Date	1912
ID	276
Linked to	Alfred Burton PALMER Harriet E PALMER Jared PALMER Adeline Orvilla WHITMAN

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