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Orton Schermerhorn & Alma Ann Smith
Orton Schermerhorn was the son of
Ernestus Schermerhorn and Ann Johnson
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was born February 04,1832 in Syracuse, NY. He married Alma Ann Smith
in October, 1855. He died November 11, 1906 in Clarkston, WA. Alma Ann Smith was the daughter of
Hiram Smith and Peck
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was born 1832. She died 1900.
Children of Orton Schermerhorn and Alma Ann Smith
Orton Schermerhorn
Name - Orton Schermerhorn
Birth - February 04, 1832 Syracuse, NY
Death - November 11, 1906 Clarkston, WA
Orton Schermerhorn after his marriage lived on the present Jerry Trover
farm in Clay Twp, La Grange Co., IN. He tried though of living in the
swap as he called it sold out and moved in 1865 to Arlington Twp., Van
Buren, MI. There he disliked the cold and the blizzards and sold his
farm and together with his son and family moved to Monticello Minn in
1882 where game and fish were plentiful and the soil fertile. But he
also became dissatisfied there and as his wife had died he returned to
Grand Traverse Co. MI with his son and family in 1903 and remained there
until 1906 when they all moved to Clarkston, Wa. There he caught cold
while on a hunting trip that same fall and died after a short illness.
Orton was the musician of the family and taught singing lessons.
Alma Ann Smith
Name - Alma Ann Smith
Birth - 1832
Death - 1900
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