Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Mason County, Michigan H. R. Page & Co., Chicago; 1882 -71- ALEXANDER M. AGENS was born in Newark, N.J., August 26 1826; settled in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1864; in the boot and shoe business for three years. In 1867 he made Mason County his home, and now lives on Section 3, Pere Marquette Township, on the lake shore, at an elevation of some 300 feet above the lake. Fine fruit land abounds in this locality, and he is quite esten- sively engaged in cultivating different varieties. He has been township clerk for ten years. Married, September 8, 1850, GEORGIANA DEAN, who was born in Essex County, N.Y., July 25, 1828, and died October 17, 1878. Three children, MONROE A., MARTIN L., CORNELIA F., who died in 1875. ===========================================================================