. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . arried to him, as alreadystated: They came to Washtenaw Co., Mich., in October, settlement in Michigan is more fully spoken of inthe history of Woodhull township. The following is therecord of their children: Mary Omenda, born April 24,1839; Helen L., born Dec. 20, 1841; Harriet L., bornSept. 25, 1851. Adopted children: Amasa F. Chadwick,born Sept. 17, 1846; James 0. McClintock, born Oct. 28,1850 ; Albert J. Wilcox, born July 14, 1865. Amasa died in the hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn., June12, 1864, and was buried in
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . arried to him, as alreadystated: They came to Washtenaw Co., Mich., in October, settlement in Michigan is more fully spoken of inthe history of Woodhull township. The following is therecord of their children: Mary Omenda, born April 24,1839; Helen L., born Dec. 20, 1841; Harriet L., bornSept. 25, 1851. Adopted children: Amasa F. Chadwick,born Sept. 17, 1846; James 0. McClintock, born Oct. 28,1850 ; Albert J. Wilcox, born July 14, 1865. Amasa died in the hospital at Chattanooga, Tenn., June12, 1864, and was buried in the Soldiers National Ceme-tery at that place. Mr. and Mrs. Mann are kind and hospitable, respectedby all who know them, and eminently deserving the briefmention given them in this sketch. They are not membersof any church in the township, Mrs. Mann having neversevered her connection with the society to which .she be-longed in the East. They both encourage and favor allsocieties of Christians tlie lives of whose members complywitli their JOHN P. SHAFT. The Shaft family are of German and Frencli ex-traction. Tlie maternal grandfatiier of the subject ofthis sketch was an officer under Napoleon. Nothingis now known regarding his history or the date ofhis emigration to America. The jiaternal grand-father emigrated from Germany previous to the Revo-lution, and upon the breaking out of the warenlistedand served during its continuance. Soon after peacewas declared he settled in Rensselaer Co., N. Y.,where Peter Shaft, father of John P., was Rensselaer County a portion of the family re-moved to Saratoga County, wiiere the father of oursubject purchased a farm, and where Joiin P. wasborn Sept. 16,1805. His parents, Peter and Eliza-beth (Loop) Shaft, reared a fanrily of seven eiiildren,and when John was a babe removed to Madison Co.,N. Y., where they resided until 1838, wlien tlicyemigrated to Perry, Shiawassee Co., Micli. John remained with his father until he
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