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Alexander Milmine

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Alexander Milmine

Birth
Ontario, Canada
Death
14 Feb 1893 (aged 70)
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 10, lot 175, grave 1
Memorial ID
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Son of Alexander Milmine & Hannah Todd.

Married Elizabeth Beamer on Aug. 21, 1844 in Brock district, Ontario.
They had 7 children:
Alfred A.
Alice E.
Henry Beamer
Freeman Scofield
George Ernest (3 Feb 1854 - 1908) m. Martha Turner
Edna Rebecca
Marion (Mar 1858 - 15 Apr 1931) m. James Scofield

Alexander apprenticed in the cooper's trade and opened a shop in Beachville, ON where he remained for 5 years.

He was postmaster from Jan. 1, 1855 to March 6. 1857 in Princeton. He ran the post office in conjunction with his general store. He later moved to Racine, Wisconsin and then to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Served in Co. A, 1st Michigan Engineers (1863-1865). Propoted to Full Corporal on Nov. 1, 1864; Enlisted in Co. A, MI 1st Eng Reg on Jan 2, 1864; promoted to Full Sergeant on June 8, 1865; Mustered out on Sept. 22, 1865 at Nashville, TN.

Proprietor of Novelty Iron Works, Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids Alderman in 1873.
Son of Alexander Milmine & Hannah Todd.

Married Elizabeth Beamer on Aug. 21, 1844 in Brock district, Ontario.
They had 7 children:
Alfred A.
Alice E.
Henry Beamer
Freeman Scofield
George Ernest (3 Feb 1854 - 1908) m. Martha Turner
Edna Rebecca
Marion (Mar 1858 - 15 Apr 1931) m. James Scofield

Alexander apprenticed in the cooper's trade and opened a shop in Beachville, ON where he remained for 5 years.

He was postmaster from Jan. 1, 1855 to March 6. 1857 in Princeton. He ran the post office in conjunction with his general store. He later moved to Racine, Wisconsin and then to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Served in Co. A, 1st Michigan Engineers (1863-1865). Propoted to Full Corporal on Nov. 1, 1864; Enlisted in Co. A, MI 1st Eng Reg on Jan 2, 1864; promoted to Full Sergeant on June 8, 1865; Mustered out on Sept. 22, 1865 at Nashville, TN.

Proprietor of Novelty Iron Works, Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids Alderman in 1873.

Gravesite Details

cemetery ID 29257, interred 1893-02-16, age 70



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