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

           [246-247]

           WILLIAM DUFTY, farmer, section 32, Lake Township and present
        Supervisor (1884), was born July 2, 1847, in London, Ont.  In 1848
        his parents came to Michigan and first located in St. Clair County,
        afterwards removing to what is now Grindstone City, where the
        father quarried and made the first grindstone. Later they removed
        to Caseville, where the family still reside.
           MR. DUFTY commenced to earn his own livelihood when he was 13
        years of age, working some years as he could find employ. When he
        was 18 years old, he became head sawyer for CRAWFORD & Co. at Case-
        ville, continuing in their employ some years, alternating the sea-
        sons in superintendence of the lumber camps.
           He came to Lake Township in 1865, and purchased 160 acres of
        timbered land on section 32. Some years later he bought 80 acres
        situated on section 33 which was the original purchase of his
        father in the earliest history of the township. He made some
        indispensable improvements on the place and in 1868 took possession
        with his family and established a permanent home. The farm now
        includes 65 acres of cleared and improved land, which is amply
        fitted with creditable farm fixtures.
           MR. DUFTY is a Republican in political opinion. He has held the
        position of Supervisor two years and is serving his third term in
        that capacity (1884). He has also officiated as Justice of the
        Peace and Treasurer of the township and has held the minor local
        offices.
           His marriage to MARY A. SMITH took place at Bayport, Aug. 8,
        1867, and they are the parents of four children - MATIE, WILLIAM,
        THOMAS and MAUD.  MRS. DUFTY was born Dec. 9, 1851, in England, and
        is the daughter of THOMAS and DOROTHY (ELLIOTT) SMITH.  The family
        emigrated to the United States in 1857, settling first in Pennsyl-
        vania, whence they came to Huron County, and now reside in Case-
        ville Township.

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