History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . RUSSELT. W. CHASE. road to it; but under their good management itwas soon cleared, and has ever since been theiriionie. Mrs. Chase earned with her needle a partof the money to improve the farm. She is nowseventy-four years of age, is hale and hearty, andis spoken of by her neighbors as a kind neighbor,a true friend, and a lady of marked ability.. HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 329 HORACE P. JEFFREY. Gurdon Jeffrey was born in New London, Conn., wherehe resided until
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History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . RUSSELT. W. CHASE. road to it; but under their good management itwas soon cleared, and has ever since been theiriionie. Mrs. Chase earned with her needle a partof the money to improve the farm. She is nowseventy-four years of age, is hale and hearty, andis spoken of by her neighbors as a kind neighbor, a true friend, and a lady of marked ability.. HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 329 HORACE P. JEFFREY. Gurdon Jeffrey was born in New London, Conn., wherehe resided until he was of ai;e. Ho married for his firstwife Miss Esther Butts. This union was blessed with sixchildren, Horace P., the subject of this sketch, being thefifth. Mrs. Jeffrey died in 1882. Mr. Jeffrey marriedfor his second wife Miss Happy Smith, to whom there wasborn one child. Soon afler his first marriage he moved toOswego Co., N. Y., where he engaged in farming. FromOswego County he moved to .Monroe Co., N. Y. HoraceP. Jeffrey was born in New Lisbon, Oswego Co., N. Y., June 24, 1827. In Lisbon and in Monroe Co., N. Y., helived till he was twenty-seven years old, working on a farm.His opportunities for acquiring an education were limitedmostly to common schools. Still he obtained sufficient tofit him for the active business life he has since followed.On the 27th day of September, 1853, he was joined inwedlock to Miss Mariette Clark, who died the next April.Afte