Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . s choseI\Iiss Lucy J. ]\Ioore, a sister of the flon. Wil-liam \. Moore, a prominent attorney of was born in the Empire state and died inYpsilanti, February 21, 1863. In their familywere six children, of whom two died in infancy,and the four now living are as follows: Henry,who resides in Detroit, is engaged in the whole-sale crockery business, as a member of the firmof Jenness & McCurdy, having become his fa-thers successor in that line of trade. He marriedLillis Burt, a daughter of Wells Burt, of is the wife of D. A. M
Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . s choseI\Iiss Lucy J. ]\Ioore, a sister of the flon. Wil-liam \. Moore, a prominent attorney of was born in the Empire state and died inYpsilanti, February 21, 1863. In their familywere six children, of whom two died in infancy,and the four now living are as follows: Henry,who resides in Detroit, is engaged in the whole-sale crockery business, as a member of the firmof Jenness & McCurdy, having become his fa-thers successor in that line of trade. He marriedLillis Burt, a daughter of Wells Burt, of is the wife of D. A. Matthews, who is en-gaged in the telephone business in is the wife of Charles D. Parmalee, aprominent merchant living in Omaha. is the wife of Rev. Howell S. Sayles, ofChicago, who is an evangelist and spends thegreater part of his time traveling, while his wifeis now spending the winter with ]\Trs. Jennessin Ypsilanti. After losing his second wife !\Ir. Jenness wasmarried to Miss Emma A. Ellis, whose birth oc-. TOHX S. JENNESS. PAST AND PRESENT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY, 237 curred in Ypsilanti in 1838, on the day on whichthe first train passed over the Michigan CentralRailroad in this cit}-. She was a representativeof one of the pioneer families of Washtenawcounty, and has reached the age of sixty-sevenyears, during which time she has lived in but twohouses, the one in which she was born and the oneto which she went with her husband in is a daughter of Elijah and Almira (^^?ar-ner) Ellis, both of whom were natives of theEmpire state, and at an early age came to thiscity. One of the principal residence streets herewas named in honor of her father, who was prom-inent in Ypsilanti, and for many years continuedin active business at this place. He afterward re-moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where both he and hiswife died. By the last marriage of Air. Jennessthree children were born: Hattie became thewife of Henry T. Cole, and died in 1895, whileher
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