James Monroe

1827 - 1898  (71 years)

• Name	James Monroe  [1]
  Born	28 Apr 1827	East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 May 1898	Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA
  Buried	Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA
  	Lakeview Cemetery
  Person ID	I7733	Munro
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Lemuel Munroe,   b. 1 Mar 1759, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 29 Apr 1857, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Martha Rawlings,   b. 1782, Mendon, , New York, USA ,   d. 1857, , , New York, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1812	Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  	Lemuel and Martha had 9 children.
  Family ID	F309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy P. Garmer,   b. 3 Oct 1827, Dansville, Livingston Co., New York, USA ,   d. 1 May 1894, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	1857	Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA
  Children	+ 1. Libby S. Monroe,   b. 1858, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA ,   d. Of, Seattle, Washington + 2. Dwight D. Monroe,   b. 1859, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1939, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 80 years)   3. George L. Monroe,   b. 1860, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA ,   d. 14 Jul 1914, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 54 years)   4. Addie Monroe,   b. 1863, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA ,   d. 1932-1933, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, USA  (Age 70 years) + 5. Arthur A. Monroe,   b. Oct 1867, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA ,   d. Of, Lansing, Michigan + 6. Cornelia M. Monroe,   b. 1869, Howell, Livingston Co., Michigan, USA ,   d. Of, Saute St. Marie, Michigan
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F3305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James first came to Monroe County, Michigan from New York in 1851. He returned to New York where he worked on his father's farm. In 1855 he returned again to Michigan and settled in Howell. He was a carpenter and building contractor. ********** «i»Among the quiet and unostentatious, yet thoroughly worthy and efficient members of the business circles of Howell, Livingston County, we are gratified to name one who bears an honorable name, and who, although not claiming descent from the Presidential chair, traces his lineage to a hero in both the War of 1812 and the War of the Revolution. This citizen was born April 27, 1827, in the township of Richmond, Ontario County, N.Y., and is a son of Lemuel and Martha (Rawling) Monroe, natives of the Eastern States. Lemuel Monroe was a boot and shoemaker, who had served his country nobly in both the Revolutionary War and the conflict of 1812. In his later days he came to Michigan and lived with a son Francis, until called hence by death after he had reached the very venerable age of ninety years. He had been the husband of three wives, and by them had eighteen children, and our subject is the youngest of this patriarchal flock. The mother of James Monroe died in New York in 1857, and he was reared upon a farm until he reached the age of twenty-four years, but did not live at home after he was eight years old. He made his home with a farmer for nine years, and then at the age of seventeen received the clothes which were commonly given to a bound boy when he left service, and came to Monroe County, Mich. Here he passed four years and then returned to New York, where he worked upon a farm for some four years longer. He then learned the trade of a carpenter, and did not return to Michigan until 1855. Settling in Howell, the young man now devoted himself to his trade, and took up the broader business of contracting and building. He purchased on Clinton Street, where he now lives, two lots and a house and was married in 1857 to Nancy Garmer, daughter of Amos and Sarah (Eaton) Garmer. Mr. Garmer was a native of Germany, and his wife was a Vermonter, while his daughter was born at Dansville, Livingston County, N.Y. He was a merchant tailor, and carried on a large business at Dansville. They had one other daughter, Maria, who is now Mrs. Leach, of Ionia, this State. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Monroe was a Eliphalet Eaton, a native of Vermont, who was engaged in the hotel business at Mt. Morris, N.Y., and to him and his wife Betsey (Goodrich) Eaton, were given a family of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe gave to each of their six children an excellent and liberal education, and so brought them up that they have become men and women of intelligence, usefulness and a pronounced Christian character, and they all belong to the Methodist or Baptist Church. The oldest, Libby B., is Mrs. Charles Warren, of Gladwin County, this State, and has two children, Claud and Veroy. Dwight D. has been united in marriage with Miss Millie Beach, and they have a little child, Charles B.; he is a member of the mercantile firm of Monroe Bros., doing business in Howell; George L. is his partner, and they are carrying a fine and well selected stock of dry-goods and groceries, boots and shoes; Ada M. married Arthur Garland, a merchant tailor of Howell, for whom Arthur A., the next brother, acts as clerk; Cora M. is a teacher in the Union schools of Howell, and has a position in the Fourth Ward school. The political views of the father of this prominent and highly respected family, bring him into sympathy and action with the Republican party, and he is an intelligent observer of the great events which must concern every American, and is deeply interested in the prosperity of our Country. «/i» (http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/LivIngPB/bios775-785.htm#778 as quoted in Susan Spencer's email of 16 Sep 2009) ********** Ref: "Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. W. Munore - 13-87-18/ Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S715] Clan Munro e-files - Spencer, Suzanne, Suzanne Spencer, Email from Suzanne Spencer - 16 Sep 2009 - Descendants of Philip Munroe - compiled by Suzanne Spencer, Jenny Bommarito and Craig Richardson (Reliability: 3).