General Grant McConnell

1864 - 1932  (67 years)

• Name	General Grant McConnell  [1, 2]
  Birth	25 Jul 1864	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Apr 1932	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Burial	11 Apr 1932	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [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 d. 1 May 1950, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	21 Apr 1892	Tuscola County, Michigan   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Laura McConnell,   b. 11 Nov 1894, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 5 Sep 1964, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F10998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Jul 1864 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 21 Apr 1892 - Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 8 Apr 1932 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - 11 Apr 1932 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  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

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