Sanilac County Photo Album

Robert and Nancy Udell Meddaugh (known in my album as Betsy), at a younger age. I received this picture from Sandi Kilinski in Michigan. They are the parents of John Washington Meddaugh, my great grandfather.

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Myra Herron

Arthur Yakes, the son of Margaret Thibaudeau and William Yakes. He was born June 7, 1870 in Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan. He had 11 brothers and sisters. In MY album, it says that Arthur is the cousin of Louis Elmer Meddaugh, son of John Washington Meddaugh, of Croswell. Arthur was found in a 1910 census for Lexington city, with his wife (I can’t read her name, could be Josie, Dorie, etc.) and 3 children, Noel, Ruth, Evert and his mother, Margaret, aged 70.

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Myra Herron

Mary Udell, possibly a sister of Nancy Udell (wife of Robert Meddaugh) and Salina Charleyfour (probably a sister of Xavier Charleyfour, in another picture here). This is a tintype picture.

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Myra Herron

Lucinda Meddaugh (daughter of John Washington Meddaugh and Mary Thibaudeau Meddaugh) and her husband, Elmer Huckins. They were married in Sanilac county, Michigan, on September 21, 1887. This was taken when they were an older couple.

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Myra Herron

Louis Elmer Meddaugh, son of John Washington Meddaugh and wife Mary Thibaudeau Meddaugh, and his friend, Xavier Charleyfour (my spelling may be wrong here). I am not sure where this picture was taken, since it's a tintype.

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Myra Herron

This is a picture of 3 of John Washington Meddaugh and Mary Thibaudeau Meddaugh's children. Here are Louis Elmer, Nancy and Lizzie Meddaugh, all seemingly close to their teens.

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Myra Herron

This is a picture of the 50th wedding anniversary for Louis Elmer Meddaugh, and his wife, Mary Eleanor Parker Meddaugh. Pictured with them are their children, from left to right, Mary Margaretta Meddaugh Herron (my mother), Irene Pearl Meddaugh Simpson, Hazel Rose Meddaugh Vroman, Mary Parker Meddaugh, Louis Elmer Meddaugh, Johnny Meddaugh, Earl Vernon Meddaugh and Floyd Meddaugh. This photo would have been taken on November 18, 1943, since they were married in AuSable Michigan in 1893.

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Myra Herron

This is a picture of Louis Elmer Meddaugh, son of John Washington Meddaugh and his wife, Mary Thibaudeau Meddaugh. Louis in this picture is a young man. Probably taken in the Croswell area.

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Myra Herron

Louis Elmer Meddaugh, son of John Washington Meddaugh and Mary Thibaudeau Meddaugh. He is very young here, and this picture was probably taken in the Croswell area. Louis is my grandfather.

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Myra Herron

Mary Parker (who later married Louis Elmer Meddaugh of Croswell) when she was in school in Oscoda. Her parents had moved to Oscoda, and her father, John A. Parker, had died young. Mary is the tallest person in the center of the back row. She and Louis married in Oscoda and soon after, moved to Alpena, where they spent the rest of their lives.

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Myra Herron

Peter Counter, my great grandfather. He came to Sanilac County in 1878 from Canada and married a Jemina Stebbins. He served in the Civil War with the Sanilac County Volunteers. They had a farm called Orchard Grove Farm and had 12 children.
This is a photo of the family in front of their farmhouse in Carsonville. He and his wife Jemina and their oldest son are buried in Washington Cemetary.
If you have any information or leads on my family, I would appreciate it.

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George Counter

Henry Meddaugh and his wife Albina/Alvina (Viney) Wixson Meddaugh. They are older in this picture than in the other in this album. Henry is the brother of John Washington Meddaugh. He and his wife are buried in the Croswell Cemetery.

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Myra Herron

This photo is of William H. Ennest and Laura Potts Ennest of Applegate. The old man on the porch is Grandfather Mitchelson, grandfather of William. The children are Ralph and Carrie Ennest. The photograph was taken around 1880. Laura Potts was from Lexington. William was an educator in Sanliac County for many years. Carrie married Frank Reed from Carsonville. Ralph married Emma Hornack from the Applegate area.

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Ralph, May and Carrie Ennest, children of William H. and Laura Potts Ennest of Applegate. 1886.

Dianne Reed O'Keefe

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Matilda Facer Potts lived in Lexington and was the wife of Ralph Potts a Civil War veteran who was disabled for the rest of his life after the war. Matilda was the daughter of Lewis and Susan Facer of Lakeport and Port Huron. She was the Mother of Laura Potts Ennest. Matilda lived from 1825-1901 submitted by Dianne Reed O'Keefe	The girls are Ella Dickrnsin, Jessie Elliot, Carrie Ennest, Maude Elliot, and May Ennest. Top of photo says Applegate. submitted by Dianne Reed O'Keefe

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