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COWELL
Charles and Harriett Cowell migrated with their family from southern England in 1874 to the vicinity of Clinton, Ontario. Ten years later in 1884, reports of good farm lands in Michigan prompted them to move to the Sault Ste. Marie area.
Aftet considering the Ashmun Hill area a hopeless swamp, Charles homesteaded a quarter section of land five miles west of Pickford. With the aid of sons, George, Fuller, and John, the land was cleared and under cultivation during the summer season. Winters, the men spent in lumber camps as far distant as Seney.
Other family members who helped create a comfortable home were daughters ELIZA (Mrs. Charles Renner), ANNIE (Mrs. J. MacDonald), KATE (Mrs. W. Cottle), JANE (Mrs. W. Thompson), and LUCY (Mrs. P. Palmer). A younger son, HARRY, continued to live on the homestead. The daughters are deceased, as are Harry, his wife Annie Marsh, and son, Arthur.
GEORGE and FULLER purchased land adjoining the family property. JOHN, who married Minnie Anderson, became an engineer for the Soo Line Railway Company. They, with their four children, made their home in Gladstone, where sons, Harvey, Wilbur, and Emest, and daughter, Lavinia (Mrs. M. Hoverman) continue to live.
GEORGE married Susan Arthur of Auburn, Ontario, in the late 1880's and continued farming. Their eldest son, Andrew, served in the U. S. Army during World War I as member of the famed 32nd or "Red Arrow" Division. Their other children were Harriett, Fuller Arthur, Norman, and Alameda. Andrew married Sarah Steele in 1922. They lived in the Pickford area where Sarah still makes her home, since she retired from elementary teaching in 1970. Andrew died in December, 1947. Their daughter, Arlis, married Oren Fountain in 1947. They have three sons: Andrew with his wife, Cynthia (Eagle), and daughters, Tammy and Cindy*, live in Rudyard; Vern mattied Kay Miller and they live in Pickford; Dale is at home. Harriett married William Kirkbride and they operated a wholesale and retail meat business in Pickford until moving to Sault Ste. Marie in 1942. Both they and their eldest son, George are deceased. A son, Kenneth, is employed at Kincheloe A.F.B. Fuller A. and his wife, Martha Johnson, and family live on Mackinac Island. Norman, who married Ruth Rapson, lived in Pickford and Sault Ste. Matie. Both Fuller and Norman are deceased. Alameda worked with the Wiley Loan Company while she was a Sault resident. She and her husband, J. D. Johnson, now live in Foley, Alabama, since his retirement from the Soo Canal Force. Mrs. Martha Cowell died March 30, 1972.
FULLER married Margaret Ann Arthur, a sister of Susan, in 1898. For forty years their home was a farm five miles west of Pickford. Their farm land increased in acreage from 40 to 160. Both were members of the Pickford Grange and the Pomona Grange. Fuller was a trustee of the Pickford Township Board and Treasurer of the Marquette Township Board of Education for many years. The family were active members of the First Presbyterian Church. Fuller served as an elder of the church until his death in July, 1938. His widow continued to make her home in Pickford until her death in May, 1944. Their children, Charles and Elizabeth, attended local schools and after graduation from college, entered the teaching profession; Charles who married Elsie Helman, taught for 13 years in Alpena schools, one year in Cedarville, and continued his career as the Principal of McKinley school in Sault Ste. Marie until his retirement in 1969. Their children are Lois (Mrs. Richard Wagner), Sally (Mrs. Edwin Rivenburgh), and Robert of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Elizabeth (Mrs. Oakman Kennedy) was a home economics teacher in Pickford until her retirement in 1962. She was still teaching remedial reading in the school at the time of her death in February, 1972. The Kennedys made their home on the farm homesteaded by Oakman's father, Alexander Kennedy. Their three children, Stanley, Fronda, and Margaret, attended local schools and were 4-H members. They were members of the school band and active in many community activities. Stanley is a major in the U.S. Air Force, presently stationed in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Marlene, have three children: Carole, Rebecca, and Stanley, Jr.* Fronda, with her husband, William DeHaan, and four children, Peter, David, Paul, and Rachel* live in Escanaba where William is a real estate broker. Margaret (Mrs. Russell LaPonsie) lives with her husband and family in Rudyard. Their children are Sharyll, Steven, Beth, Rene, and Kathleen*. They live in the home of Russell's grandfather, R. J. Forgrave. Russell is an employee of the State Highway Department and Margaret has been active in church work, scouting, and 4-H.
CRAWFORD (JOHN)
John Crawford (father of Robert George Crawford) was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1832. His father died in Ireland and his mother brought her family to Canada when John was 14. When the boat tied up, he climbed up the rope and-disappeared. He returned later to tell his worried mother that he had a job already. He became a shoemaker and set up shops in many places: Milbank, Ontario; Owen Sound, Ontario; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; DeTour; Pickford; and Stalwart. Mary Fair Crawford went right along with him, but when he went to California by way of New York City and Panama (he walked across the Isthmus) and set up shop, returning by train in the first year of the cross-country railroad and the year after the Gold Rush, she refused to go back to California with him. It was in his home in Sault Ste. Marie that his mother, Susanna, aged 105, died; She was buried in the cemetery on the hill in Sault Ste. Marie. (Her maiden name was probably Strong and she was related to the Freeborns). He had three brothers: William, George, and Andrew. He was a small man, 5'5" tall, and very hot-tempered.
John and Mary Fair were married in Milbank, Ontario. It appears that they moved around a good deal, but lived longest in Milbank and Owen Sound, Ontario, prior to moving to Sault Ste. Marie and Stalwart where they took up a homestead and lived the remainder of their lives. They are buried in the Stalwart Cemetery. Their children were: Robert George, Sarah, Adaline, Jennie, Ida, Thomas, and Maud.
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