Nelson Sutherland

1840 - 1894  (54 years)

• Name	Nelson Sutherland
  Birth	18 Aug 1840	Pittsfield Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Nov 1894	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
  Burial	Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan
  Notes	NELSON SUTHERLAND. The gentleman who is at the present time responsible to the corporation of Ann Arbor for the condition of its streets, is he whose name is at the head of this sketch. He was born in Pittsfield Township, five and a half miles south of Ann Arbor, August 18, 1840. He is a son of Langford and Lydia (McMichael) Sutherland, both natives of New York and born near Penn Yan. Our subject's parents came to Washtenaw County in 1832 and settled where their son Nelson was born. They there secured a farm of four hundred and twenty acres and made that their home until June 1861. The decease of our subject's father occurred June, 1864 when at the age of sixty-two years; his widow is still living at the old home place and is now eighty-five years of age and in spite of her advanced years has retained her faculties to a remarkable degree and is an interesting as well as a well-preserved woman. Our subject is one of a family of eight children, he being the sixth in order of birth. He lived at home until reaching his majority and then engaged in farming on a tract of eighty acres remaining there until he was twenty-five years of age, during which time he had added to his original purchase until it comprised two hundred and ten acres. This he sold out before removing to the town. Quoted from The Portrait and Biographical Collection of Washtenaw County, Biographical Publishing Company, 1891
  Person ID	I21007	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Langford T. Sutherland,   b. 23 Jan 1802, Penn Yan, Yates County, New York d. 21 Jan 1865, Pittsfield Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Lydia McMichael,   b. 6 Mar 1806, Seneca, Ontario County, New York d. 18 Dec 1892, Pittsfield Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1825
  Family ID	F5933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gabriella Rorabacher,   b. 1846   d. 1925 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1866	Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan
  Children	+ 1. Ada Sutherland,   b. 1869   d. 27 Mar 1955 (Age 86 years)   2. Frank L. Sutherland,   b. Abt 1872
  Family ID	F8244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 18 Aug 1840 - Pittsfield Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan Marriage - 26 Nov 1866 - Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan Death - 30 Nov 1894 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan Burial - - Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
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