. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . 1. For his third wifeMr. Kinney married Miss Achsah Reed, who was born inJackson, Mich., Dec. 31, 1836. She is daughter of AlsonH. and Dolly (Jackson) Reed. Their union has been blessedwith two children, viz.: A. Carl, born Aug. 6, 1872 (diedFeb. 3, 1877), and Emily F., born Aug. 20, 1875. is and has been for years a member of the Repub-lican party, believing it to be the exponent of advanced ideasand the champion of the rights of ail men under the been the .-tandard-bearer of his party in his town-ship for years, h
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . 1. For his third wifeMr. Kinney married Miss Achsah Reed, who was born inJackson, Mich., Dec. 31, 1836. She is daughter of AlsonH. and Dolly (Jackson) Reed. Their union has been blessedwith two children, viz.: A. Carl, born Aug. 6, 1872 (diedFeb. 3, 1877), and Emily F., born Aug. 20, 1875. is and has been for years a member of the Repub-lican party, believing it to be the exponent of advanced ideasand the champion of the rights of ail men under the been the .-tandard-bearer of his party in his town-ship for years, having been for nine years supervisor, andtwo years chairman of the board, making, as testified to byhis neihbors and fellow-townsmeu, an efficient officer. Hehas also been highway commissioner six years, justice ofthe peace eight years, and held other minor offices. Heis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and oneof its trustees, while he stands high as a man of integrityand business qualifications. 532 HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY, STEPHEN HILL. The oldest settler now living in the town of Watertownis Stephen Hill, who bought of the government the north-east quarter of section 15, in 1836. There were then butfew settlers in the town, all of whom have either movedaway, or have gone to that bourne from whence no trav-eler returns. Mr. Hill is of English origin, his ancestors having emi-grated from the mother-country in the infancy of thecolony. His father, Enoch Hill, was born in New Bruns-wick, where his parents resided a few years, and fromwhence they again returned to Maine, while Enoch wasstill a boy, and .settled on a piece of wild land in the townof Whiting, Washington Co. On this farm Enoch grewto manhood. He married Miss Hepzibeth Gardner, andstill remained on the old homestead, which he owned afterhis fathers death, and on which Stephen was born Jan. 21,1809. He too grew to manhood on the old farm, receivinga good common-school education, better tha
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