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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883

   [Page 556]

           WILLIAM BARDEN, farmer, Section 19, P.O. Port Huron, is a
        native of this county, and was born in this town September 20,
        1857; his parents, Joseph and Emma Barden, came to this town
        in 1847, bought this land and cleared it out, and made a farm
        of it; he was also engaged in lumbering, and lived here until
        his death, which occurred February 17, 1882; and his wife died
        three days after, February 20, 1882, and their daughter, Minnie,
        died February 16, 1882, and Amanda died June 5, 1882, and their
        son Christopher died February 3, 1882, and Joseph was killed with
        lightning August 9, 1863; and on February 4, 1874, their barn
        was burned and no insurance, loss, three horse teams, one pair
        of cattle, one fanning mill, one feed-cutter, thirty tons of hay,
        and oats, wheat, rye, barley and other small articles to numerous
        to mention.  this was a total loss of about $4,000.


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