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Frederick Beech Wolcott

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Frederick Beech Wolcott

Birth
Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 Jan 1921 (aged 75)
Ray Township, Macomb County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Romeo, Macomb County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Frederick B. Wolcott, 25, born Athens, Pennsylvania, son of John P. & Rebecca B. (Rogers) Wolcott, and Miss Hannah Callaghan, 17, born Ireland, daughter of Timothy & Hanorah (Riordan) Callaghan, were married September 20, 1870 at Omaha. (Source: Douglas County, NE Marriage Records)
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Frederick B. Wolcott, who was for many years proprietor of Wolcott's Mill, one of the oldest landmarks of the Ray Center vicinity. The Wolcotts moved to Macomb County from Nebraska 54 years ago. Mr. Wolcott operated the mill from that time up to the time of his death 10 years ago. His sons now run the mill.

Fred Wolcott was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1845, the son of J.P. and Rebecca Rogers Wolcott.[3] He worked in a sawmill in Pennsylvania, then moved west to Wisconsin in 1865. He moved from there to Nebraska, then Wyoming, Utah, and California in succession, before returning to Nebraska where his father had subsequently settled, in 1869. There he homesteaded a tract of land, and in 1870 married Miss Anna C. Callahan.[3] The couple had twelve children: A. E., John P., Fred H., William H., Frank O., Lewis J., Rebecca, Ida May, Anna, Rosa M., Mary, and Lillie.

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Frederick B. Wolcott, 25, born Athens, Pennsylvania, son of John P. & Rebecca B. (Rogers) Wolcott, and Miss Hannah Callaghan, 17, born Ireland, daughter of Timothy & Hanorah (Riordan) Callaghan, were married September 20, 1870 at Omaha. (Source: Douglas County, NE Marriage Records)
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Frederick B. Wolcott, who was for many years proprietor of Wolcott's Mill, one of the oldest landmarks of the Ray Center vicinity. The Wolcotts moved to Macomb County from Nebraska 54 years ago. Mr. Wolcott operated the mill from that time up to the time of his death 10 years ago. His sons now run the mill.

Fred Wolcott was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1845, the son of J.P. and Rebecca Rogers Wolcott.[3] He worked in a sawmill in Pennsylvania, then moved west to Wisconsin in 1865. He moved from there to Nebraska, then Wyoming, Utah, and California in succession, before returning to Nebraska where his father had subsequently settled, in 1869. There he homesteaded a tract of land, and in 1870 married Miss Anna C. Callahan.[3] The couple had twelve children: A. E., John P., Fred H., William H., Frank O., Lewis J., Rebecca, Ida May, Anna, Rosa M., Mary, and Lillie.

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