Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . g his worth and ability,have called him to office and he is now serving assupervisor of Pittsfield township, having filledthe position for the past five years. He has alsobeen town treasurer. Fraternally he is connected\\ itli the ( deaners, the Grange and the .:\mericanSociety of Equity, and he has gained many warmfriends among his brethren of those orders. Missflutzel belongs to the Zion Lutheran church. CORNELIUS L. TUOMY. Cornelius L. Tuoniy, who is engaged in dairy-ing in .n Arljor township with a business thatis now yielding him a gratifyi
Past and present of Washtenaw County, Michigan . g his worth and ability,have called him to office and he is now serving assupervisor of Pittsfield township, having filledthe position for the past five years. He has alsobeen town treasurer. Fraternally he is connected\\ itli the ( deaners, the Grange and the .:\mericanSociety of Equity, and he has gained many warmfriends among his brethren of those orders. Missflutzel belongs to the Zion Lutheran church. CORNELIUS L. TUOMY. Cornelius L. Tuoniy, who is engaged in dairy-ing in .n Arljor township with a business thatis now yielding him a gratifying financial return,was born in Scio township, Washtenaw county,in 1843, hs parents being Timothy and Johanna( R( lach) Tuom\-. The father came from Irelandon the 6th of June, 1835, and bought a farm oftwo hun<lred and eighth acres in Scio township,this count)-, to which he afterward added one hun-dred and twenty acres. He was one of the pioneersettlers of this portion of the state, for he foundhere a largely unimproved and undeveloped re-. J. GEOR(^.E HUTZEL. PAST AND PRESENT OF WASHTENAW COUNTY. 395 t^ion when he came Init with characteristic enerj;\he began the cnltivation of his land and in thecourse of time had wrought a splendid transfor-mation in the ajjpearance of his farm, bringingthe fields up to a high state (if liealso erected a fine hnuse and large harns and suc-cessfully carried on general farming. His deathoccurred in the year 1862. while his wife sur-vived until iS/f). In their family were ten chil-dren, as follows: William and |,,hn. ;.tli ..fwhom have passed away; .Margaret: lulianna:Patrick, who was killed in 1903; Ellen: ( )sh(irn :Mary: Cornelius L,; and Hanor, deceased. Cornelius L. Tuomy entered the district schn. )lsof Scici t<j\vnslii]) at the usual age an<l later at- therein mastering the branches of English learn-ing usually taught in such institutions. He wasreared upon the home farm in Scio township,working in the tields fr
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