Peter Atwood was born in New England and became one of the early settlers of Michigan arriving in this state in 1817. He secured land from the government and developed a wild tract into richly productive fields making his home thereon until his death in 1826. He assisted materially in the early development of this part of the state his efforts proving effective in reclaiming the wild district for the purposes of civilization.
Land Grant purchased 84 acres in 2-N twp in Macomb County on April 16, 1823 per President James Monroe. (record on ancestry.com)
In June 1817, Peter Atwood came to Mt Clemens from Genesee county, New York, and began a clearing on the farm on the northeast corner of the township later known as the Edgerly farm and still later as the Israel T Parker farm. He built a log house. In the Fall his family came on from Canada coming up the Lake Shore from Detroit and finding the home by a blazed line through the forest. Mr Atwood and his family have played no small part in the history of this locality. His wife was the widow of Joseph Cady, a native of Windham, Connecticut, who died in Cincinnati in 1807. With Mr and Mrs Atwood came 3 of the children of Joseph Cady viz Chauncey G. Cady, Horace H. Cady, and Lucy who afterwards married Silas Halsey. Peter Atwood died in 1826 and the farm was later sold to James C. Edgerly who made his home there until his death November 13th 1856. Another beginning on the turnpike was made by Hezekiah Canfield on the property next north of the present city limits.
Peter Atwood came from Genesee County, New York, to Mt Clemens in 1821 having in 1810 married Lucy Cady (nee Hutchins) who with her children of her first husband accompanied him. He started on the farm long known as the Edgerly farm and later as the Israel T Parker farm. He died in 1826. All his children as well as his stepchildren married here and they and their families are important factors in the county's history. One daughter became Mrs James C Edgerly and long lived on the farm just referred to. Another daughter married one Bingham and later Merrill. Her 3 daughters became the wives of 3 of Mt Clemens most active citizens namely Thomas L Sackett, Giles Hubbard, and Aaron Weeks. Another daughter Euphemia married Alfred Ashley, son of Thomas Ashley who came from Batavia, New York to Mt Clemens in 1820. One son of Peter Atwood, Sylvester F. was for years one of the prominent lake captains whose home was always at Mt Clemens where he died in 1888. His son S. Park Atwood is a resident of Detroit. The oldest son of Peter Atwood was Hiram for many years after 1822 the owner of the Atwood farm in section one of Clinton the father of Mrs Jonathan Widrig of Mt Clemens and grandfather through Hiram Atwood of Mrs M.M. Smith Mrs F.J. Hole and Mrs A.H. Kent all of Mt Clemens. (source: Past & Present of Macomb County, Michigan)
Land Grant purchased 84 acres in 2-N twp in Macomb County on April 16, 1823 per President James Monroe. (record on ancestry.com)
In June 1817, Peter Atwood came to Mt Clemens from Genesee county, New York, and began a clearing on the farm on the northeast corner of the township later known as the Edgerly farm and still later as the Israel T Parker farm. He built a log house. In the Fall his family came on from Canada coming up the Lake Shore from Detroit and finding the home by a blazed line through the forest. Mr Atwood and his family have played no small part in the history of this locality. His wife was the widow of Joseph Cady, a native of Windham, Connecticut, who died in Cincinnati in 1807. With Mr and Mrs Atwood came 3 of the children of Joseph Cady viz Chauncey G. Cady, Horace H. Cady, and Lucy who afterwards married Silas Halsey. Peter Atwood died in 1826 and the farm was later sold to James C. Edgerly who made his home there until his death November 13th 1856. Another beginning on the turnpike was made by Hezekiah Canfield on the property next north of the present city limits.
Peter Atwood came from Genesee County, New York, to Mt Clemens in 1821 having in 1810 married Lucy Cady (nee Hutchins) who with her children of her first husband accompanied him. He started on the farm long known as the Edgerly farm and later as the Israel T Parker farm. He died in 1826. All his children as well as his stepchildren married here and they and their families are important factors in the county's history. One daughter became Mrs James C Edgerly and long lived on the farm just referred to. Another daughter married one Bingham and later Merrill. Her 3 daughters became the wives of 3 of Mt Clemens most active citizens namely Thomas L Sackett, Giles Hubbard, and Aaron Weeks. Another daughter Euphemia married Alfred Ashley, son of Thomas Ashley who came from Batavia, New York to Mt Clemens in 1820. One son of Peter Atwood, Sylvester F. was for years one of the prominent lake captains whose home was always at Mt Clemens where he died in 1888. His son S. Park Atwood is a resident of Detroit. The oldest son of Peter Atwood was Hiram for many years after 1822 the owner of the Atwood farm in section one of Clinton the father of Mrs Jonathan Widrig of Mt Clemens and grandfather through Hiram Atwood of Mrs M.M. Smith Mrs F.J. Hole and Mrs A.H. Kent all of Mt Clemens. (source: Past & Present of Macomb County, Michigan)
Peter Atwood was born in New England and became one of the early settlers of Michigan arriving in this state in 1817. He secured land from the government and developed a wild tract into richly productive fields making his home thereon until his death in 1826. He assisted materially in the early development of this part of the state his efforts proving effective in reclaiming the wild district for the purposes of civilization.
Land Grant purchased 84 acres in 2-N twp in Macomb County on April 16, 1823 per President James Monroe. (record on ancestry.com)
In June 1817, Peter Atwood came to Mt Clemens from Genesee county, New York, and began a clearing on the farm on the northeast corner of the township later known as the Edgerly farm and still later as the Israel T Parker farm. He built a log house. In the Fall his family came on from Canada coming up the Lake Shore from Detroit and finding the home by a blazed line through the forest. Mr Atwood and his family have played no small part in the history of this locality. His wife was the widow of Joseph Cady, a native of Windham, Connecticut, who died in Cincinnati in 1807. With Mr and Mrs Atwood came 3 of the children of Joseph Cady viz Chauncey G. Cady, Horace H. Cady, and Lucy who afterwards married Silas Halsey. Peter Atwood died in 1826 and the farm was later sold to James C. Edgerly who made his home there until his death November 13th 1856. Another beginning on the turnpike was made by Hezekiah Canfield on the property next north of the present city limits.
Peter Atwood came from Genesee County, New York, to Mt Clemens in 1821 having in 1810 married Lucy Cady (nee Hutchins) who with her children of her first husband accompanied him. He started on the farm long known as the Edgerly farm and later as the Israel T Parker farm. He died in 1826. All his children as well as his stepchildren married here and they and their families are important factors in the county's history. One daughter became Mrs James C Edgerly and long lived on the farm just referred to. Another daughter married one Bingham and later Merrill. Her 3 daughters became the wives of 3 of Mt Clemens most active citizens namely Thomas L Sackett, Giles Hubbard, and Aaron Weeks. Another daughter Euphemia married Alfred Ashley, son of Thomas Ashley who came from Batavia, New York to Mt Clemens in 1820. One son of Peter Atwood, Sylvester F. was for years one of the prominent lake captains whose home was always at Mt Clemens where he died in 1888. His son S. Park Atwood is a resident of Detroit. The oldest son of Peter Atwood was Hiram for many years after 1822 the owner of the Atwood farm in section one of Clinton the father of Mrs Jonathan Widrig of Mt Clemens and grandfather through Hiram Atwood of Mrs M.M. Smith Mrs F.J. Hole and Mrs A.H. Kent all of Mt Clemens. (source: Past & Present of Macomb County, Michigan)
Land Grant purchased 84 acres in 2-N twp in Macomb County on April 16, 1823 per President James Monroe. (record on ancestry.com)
In June 1817, Peter Atwood came to Mt Clemens from Genesee county, New York, and began a clearing on the farm on the northeast corner of the township later known as the Edgerly farm and still later as the Israel T Parker farm. He built a log house. In the Fall his family came on from Canada coming up the Lake Shore from Detroit and finding the home by a blazed line through the forest. Mr Atwood and his family have played no small part in the history of this locality. His wife was the widow of Joseph Cady, a native of Windham, Connecticut, who died in Cincinnati in 1807. With Mr and Mrs Atwood came 3 of the children of Joseph Cady viz Chauncey G. Cady, Horace H. Cady, and Lucy who afterwards married Silas Halsey. Peter Atwood died in 1826 and the farm was later sold to James C. Edgerly who made his home there until his death November 13th 1856. Another beginning on the turnpike was made by Hezekiah Canfield on the property next north of the present city limits.
Peter Atwood came from Genesee County, New York, to Mt Clemens in 1821 having in 1810 married Lucy Cady (nee Hutchins) who with her children of her first husband accompanied him. He started on the farm long known as the Edgerly farm and later as the Israel T Parker farm. He died in 1826. All his children as well as his stepchildren married here and they and their families are important factors in the county's history. One daughter became Mrs James C Edgerly and long lived on the farm just referred to. Another daughter married one Bingham and later Merrill. Her 3 daughters became the wives of 3 of Mt Clemens most active citizens namely Thomas L Sackett, Giles Hubbard, and Aaron Weeks. Another daughter Euphemia married Alfred Ashley, son of Thomas Ashley who came from Batavia, New York to Mt Clemens in 1820. One son of Peter Atwood, Sylvester F. was for years one of the prominent lake captains whose home was always at Mt Clemens where he died in 1888. His son S. Park Atwood is a resident of Detroit. The oldest son of Peter Atwood was Hiram for many years after 1822 the owner of the Atwood farm in section one of Clinton the father of Mrs Jonathan Widrig of Mt Clemens and grandfather through Hiram Atwood of Mrs M.M. Smith Mrs F.J. Hole and Mrs A.H. Kent all of Mt Clemens. (source: Past & Present of Macomb County, Michigan)
Gravesite Details
this replacement granite headstone has an incorrect date of 1821 & incorrect "baby" reference. 4's often look like 1's on deteriorating markers & someone did the best they could with lack of records.
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