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General Grant McConnell

Male 1864 - 1932  (67 years)


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  • Name General Grant McConnell  [1, 2
    Born 25 Jul 1864  Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Apr 1932  Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried 11 Apr 1932  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, April 15, 1932, Page Eight
      Deaths
      Grant McConnell

      Funeral services for Grant McConnell, who passed way Friday, April 8, at 6:00 p.m. at his home 8 1/2 miles east of Cass City, were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the Evangelical church. Rev. C. F. Smith officiated and burial was in the Elkland Cemetery.

      General Grant McConnell was born July 25, 1864, on a farm one-half mile south of the McConnell school. He was united in marriage with Miss Hattie Helwig April 21, 1872 (sic). The last ten years have been spent ont he farm where Mr. McConnell passed away.

      He has been in poor health for several years and the last two months has been quite ill.

      He leaves his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Jacob Hiller, one sister, Mrs. Robert Charlton and two grandchildren, all of Cass City.

      Mr. McConnell was a faithful worker in the Evangelical church and Sunday School of which he was a member. His faith was strong in his Lord and he remained cheerful through all of his suffering.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2014)
    Person ID I35085  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Harriet "Hattie" Helwig,   b. 25 Dec 1870, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1950, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 21 Apr 1892  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Laura McConnell,   b. 11 Nov 1894, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1964, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F10998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Jul 1864 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Apr 1892 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Apr 1932 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 11 Apr 1932 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg
    SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly
    THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller.
    Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken
    FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig
    FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos
    TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus

    It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.

  • Sources 
    1. [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.

    2. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, April 15, 1932, Page Eight (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, April 15, 1932, Page Eight, shown as 21 Apr 1872 [sic, s/b 1892] (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/.