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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1844 - 1924 (79 years)
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| Name |
Isaac Monroe |
| Born |
6 May 1844 |
Lawrence, Van Buren Co., Michigan, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1924 |
| Person ID |
I8903 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
| Father |
Jay Randolph Monroe, b. 11 Apr 1806, Surry, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA , d. 30 Oct 1876, South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan, USA (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Fanny Rawson, b. 28 May 1815, Erving, Massachusetts , d. 31 Oct 1907, South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan, USA (Age 92 years) |
| Married |
10 Sep 1836 |
| Family ID |
F300 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Carrie J. Cook, b. 17 Sep 1857, Dowagiac, Michigan, USA , d. 1921 (Age 63 years) |
| Married |
28 Nov 1877 |
South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward Randolph Monroe, b. 12 Nov 1878, d. 6 Feb 1957 (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. Lida Belle Monroe, b. 2 Jul 1880, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Pearl Eunice Monroe, b. 9 May 1883, d. 26 Jan 1957 (Age 73 years) |
| + | 4. William Isaac Monroe, b. 25 Mar 1885, d. 16 Dec 1918 (Age 33 years) |
| + | 5. Harold Lawrence Monroe, b. 5 Sep 1889, Lawrence , d. 4 Sep 1971, Prob., Lawrence (Age 81 years) |
| + | 6. Fannie Lucile Monroe, b. 8 Jan 1892, d. 20 Aug 1929 (Age 37 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F3317 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Isaac was born at the old homestead in Lawrence, Michigan, and was raised on his father's farm. He received a good education in the home school and attended the Decatur schools for six months.
His father gave him a tract of wild land located near South Haven. He began to clear and improve the land but soon became tired of that kind of work and returned home.
At the time, he knew nothing about the care of horses, but became interested in improving his own stock. He learned from his brother, who was a great lover of horses, and in 1866, Isaac bough a thoroughbred mare named "Kittie." While Isaac was engaged extensively in the lumber and charcoal business over the years, Kittie bred sixteen colts. The high quality of these colts convinced Isaac to give his attention to stock breeding, and he acquired an impressive stable of mares. In 1890, "Tariff" and "Free Trade" took the first premium as a foal team in Chicago.
When his father died in 1876, Isaac inherited the farm in Lawrence. He proved to be a person who could successfully carry on several different lines of business at the same time, being a very prominent farmer, stock breeder, and lumberman in Van Buren County. In 1890, he lost three of his barns to fire.
Isaac was a firm Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote in 1868. Although his township was strongly Republican, he was elected to the office of Supervisor on two occasions. He was amember of the Masonic order, and whith his wife was identified with the Baptist Church in Lawrence.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 13-8/11-84 - p. 251-252
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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