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

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           JOHN M. SIMMIE, farmer, section 31, Bloomfield Township, was
        born Aug. 1, 1849, in Perth, Scotland, of which county his parents,
        JAMES and CATHERINE (McINTOSH) SIMMIE, were also natives.  The for-
        mer died there in 1865, at the age of 39 years.  The latter resides
        in Canada, and is 65 years old.  She was left a widow with five
        sons, with whom she emigrated to Canada in 1866.  They settled in
        the county of Huron in the Province of Ontario.
           MR. SIMMIE was 17 years of age at that time, and soon began to
        learn the miller's trade in Huron County, which vocation he follow-
        ed as a business four years, when he engaged in railroading on the
        "Great Western" of Canada. He continued in that occupation several
        years, but in 1876 came to Huron County, Mich. He entered the em-
        ploy of LANGDON HUBBARD, in whose interests he has since been em-
        ployed, working winters in the lumber woods and spending the summer
        seasons in work on the farm of MR. HUBBARD, of whose agricultural
        interests he is the manager.
           MR. SIMMIE was married in October, 1876, to JEANNETTE HOWROCKS.
        Of four children born of this union, two are living. JAMES was born
        in Sigel Township, Nov. 22, 1877, and died Aug. 9, 1879; JOHN was
        born Feb. 13, 1879, and died Aug. 12, 1879; CATHERINE was born Aug.
        23, 1880; ISABELLA, born July 22, 1884. MRS. SIMMIE was born in
        1853. She is the daughter of JOHN and BELLA (TAYLOR) HOWROCKS. The
        former is deceased. The latter resides in Dakota with her sons.
           MR. SIMMIE is a Republican, and is at present (1884) Township
        Clerk. He has held other local offices, and he and his wife are
        Presbyterians.

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