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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           BRAZIL R. CHURCH,  blacksmith and farmer, resident on section
        20, Lincoln Township, was born in Canada, May 5, 1845, and is the
        son of OLIVER and RHODA (SMITH) CHURCH. His parents were natives of
        the State of Vermont, and after their marriage they became resi-
        dents of Canada, where they lived during the remainder of their
        lives. Their family included 13 children.
           MR. CHURCH is the eighth son and the youngest of the children of
        his fathers household. He acquired a common-school education, and
        at the age of 19 years he was apprenticed to learn his trade. He
        served three years, and followed the business of blacksmithing
        three years in succession, when he became interested in the manu-
        facture of brick, in which he operated for a similar length of
        time. He next engaged in farming, and spent three years in the
        management of his father's farm. After that he was variously en-
        gaged, until his removal to Huron County in May, 1879, when he
        bought 80 acres of wild land in the township where he has since
        resided. He has improved and cultivated about 35 acres.
           MR. CHURCH is a Republican in political connection, and has held
        various township offices. In the spring of 1884 (current year), he
        was elected Supervisor of Lincoln Township. His marriage to AMELIA
        WRIGHT occurred Nov. 4, 1869, at Morristown, N.Y.  They have five
        children — ARTHUR, SAMUEL, MARY, BERTHA and VIOLA.  MRS. CHURCH was
        born in the State of New York, April 2, 1847, and is the daughter
        of LOWELL WRIGHT.  MR. CHURCH is a member of the Protestant Associ-
        ation; he and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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