Fred Atherton
Fred Atherton
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FRED D. ATHERTONFred D. Atherton, a farmer of Burton Township and the proprietor of the sixty-four acre farm three miles south of flint known as “Rural Home”, was born in that township on April 8, 1857, the only child of Gustavus and Sallie (Felkins) Atherton. Gustavus Atherton was born in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, on September 19, 1822, and died June 27, 1895. He was the son of Perus Atherton, a native of Vermont, and one of the early settlers of Genesee County. In 1834 Perus Atherton entered government land in Burton Township, where he lived until seventy-five years of age, when he and his wife moved to Flint, where Mrs. Atherton died, he dying some time later in Burton Township. Mr. Atherton was one of the founders of the Baptist Church in the vicinity of his home and was a deacon for thirty years. Perus Atherton and wife were the parents of four children, Gustavus, Shubeal, Lucretia and Emily, all of whom are deceased. Fred D. Atherton was reared on the home farm and attended the district schools. In 1876 he married Georgie A. Wiltse, who was born at Peoria, Illinois, and to that union three children were born, Katie, the wife of Arthur Seely, of Grand Blanc; Winifred, wife of John Willett, of Davison Township, and Lucretia, the wife of Myron Taber of Grand Rapids. The mother of these children died on July 16, 1907, and on November 23, 1908, Fred D. Atherton married Mrs. Rosena Crago, who was born on July 14, 1867, and who by her first marriage is the mother of one daughter, Dorothy, born on March 7, 1900. Mr. And Mrs. Atherton are members of the Baptist Church at Grand Blanc. He is a trustee of the society, and was clerk of the church for ten years. They are active in all departments of the church work and take much interest in the success of the society. Mr. Atherton is a Republican and takes an active interest in the work of his party. He was justice of the peace for a time and township clerk for two years. He is a prominent and influential citizen of the community in which he lives, and takes much interest in all that tends to the betterment of the same. Mrs. Atherton is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Security. This article was transcribed by Mrs. Mary E.
Byam from a work by Edwin O. Wood, LL.D., President Michigan Historical
Commission, History of Genesee County Michigan Volume II, Her People,
Industries and Institutions (Federal Publishing Company: Indianapolis, Indiana,
1916), Pages 394ff |
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