ROBERT P. AIKEN
Was born Feb. 15, 1819, in Perth, Fulton county, N. Y., and was of Scotch parentage. He attended district schools winters until the age of 17, when he became a clerk in a military store in the city of New York. After six years' service in that place he emigrated in 1842 to Genesee county, Michigan, and bought part of the farm now owned by him in the township of Flint, paid for it out of his small earnings, and commenced the task of clearing up a farm. lie married Miss Johnston in 1843. He still lives on the same farm, and in 1886 was serving his 25th year as supervisor of the town of Flint. He cast his first vote for Harrison, and remained a Whig until 1854, since a Republican. He was Representative in the Michigan legislature in the sessions of 1865 and 1867. Is a member of the Episcopal church. He was the organizer and is director and secretary of the Genesee County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Has been the father of ten children, of whom six are now living. The eldest son died in consequence of four years' service in the late war. [Contributed by Barb Z. - Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888]
Was born Feb. 15, 1819, in Perth, Fulton county, N. Y., and was of Scotch parentage. He attended district schools winters until the age of 17, when he became a clerk in a military store in the city of New York. After six years' service in that place he emigrated in 1842 to Genesee county, Michigan, and bought part of the farm now owned by him in the township of Flint, paid for it out of his small earnings, and commenced the task of clearing up a farm. lie married Miss Johnston in 1843. He still lives on the same farm, and in 1886 was serving his 25th year as supervisor of the town of Flint. He cast his first vote for Harrison, and remained a Whig until 1854, since a Republican. He was Representative in the Michigan legislature in the sessions of 1865 and 1867. Is a member of the Episcopal church. He was the organizer and is director and secretary of the Genesee County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Has been the father of ten children, of whom six are now living. The eldest son died in consequence of four years' service in the late war. [Contributed by Barb Z. - Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888]
ROBERT P. AIKEN
Was born Feb. 15, 1819, in Perth, Fulton county, N. Y., and was of Scotch parentage. He attended district schools winters until the age of 17, when he became a clerk in a military store in the city of New York. After six years' service in that place he emigrated in 1842 to Genesee county, Michigan, and bought part of the farm now owned by him in the township of Flint, paid for it out of his small earnings, and commenced the task of clearing up a farm. lie married Miss Johnston in 1843. He still lives on the same farm, and in 1886 was serving his 25th year as supervisor of the town of Flint. He cast his first vote for Harrison, and remained a Whig until 1854, since a Republican. He was Representative in the Michigan legislature in the sessions of 1865 and 1867. Is a member of the Episcopal church. He was the organizer and is director and secretary of the Genesee County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Has been the father of ten children, of whom six are now living. The eldest son died in consequence of four years' service in the late war. [Contributed by Barb Z. - Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888]
Was born Feb. 15, 1819, in Perth, Fulton county, N. Y., and was of Scotch parentage. He attended district schools winters until the age of 17, when he became a clerk in a military store in the city of New York. After six years' service in that place he emigrated in 1842 to Genesee county, Michigan, and bought part of the farm now owned by him in the township of Flint, paid for it out of his small earnings, and commenced the task of clearing up a farm. lie married Miss Johnston in 1843. He still lives on the same farm, and in 1886 was serving his 25th year as supervisor of the town of Flint. He cast his first vote for Harrison, and remained a Whig until 1854, since a Republican. He was Representative in the Michigan legislature in the sessions of 1865 and 1867. Is a member of the Episcopal church. He was the organizer and is director and secretary of the Genesee County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Has been the father of ten children, of whom six are now living. The eldest son died in consequence of four years' service in the late war. [Contributed by Barb Z. - Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888]
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