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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        by Arthur St. Clair
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883

         [577]
         
         GAGE INSLEE, deputy collector of customs, in charge of 
       office at Fort Gratiot, is a native of New York State, and 
       was born in Ontario County August 8, 1818. He came West with 
       his parents, to Michigan, in 1835, when it was a Territory. 
       After reaching manhood he engaged in milling, until 1856, 
       when he came to Port Huron, and engaged in mercantile busi-
       ness until 1860. The following year, he was appointed Deputy 
       United States Marshal, and also served as Deputy Provost Mar-
       shal. In 1862, was appointed Inspector of Customs, and held 
       that office twelve years, and since then has held the posi-
       tion of Deputy Collector of Customs, in charge of the office 
       at Fort Gratiot. MR. INSLEE has lived in this State forty-
       eight years. In 1841, he married Miss ELSIE ANN MONTAGUE, of 
       Cayuga County, N. Y. They have two children - one daughter, 
       EUNICE ANN, now Mrs. A. B. McCOLLOM. of this city, and one 
       son, CHARLES GAGE INSLEE, living in Montreal.
       
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