- BEDENT BAIRD MUNRO: 2/21/1804-7/13/1871 -
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FROM, "A Genealogy of the Munro Family in the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia With Historical Introduction, etc.", by Via Adella Munro (ca. 1908, original spelling and grammar retained)
Bedent B. Munro was born in Schoharie County, N.Y. on the Schoharie flats. When he was a boy 14 years moved with his father, Solomon Munro at London, Canada on the Thames river. As near as can be learned he married Isabel Woods in New York and then went to his father's home in Canada near London on the Thames river. The first three children were born there.
The following paper was found in the old desk which is in the hands of James L. Munro of Novi, Michigan.
This may certify that Bedent B. Munro of this place and his family are moving to Michigan it is to be hoped all agents will let them pass. Mr. Munro has not taken any part in the late insurrection against the province to my knowledge. February 3, 1838 (Westminster) C. Hall I.P.
B. B. Munro came direct to Oakland County, Southfield Township 2 miles south and 1 mile west of Birmingham, Michigan where he lived for a short time and then moved to the old farm in Bloomfield Township … miles south and one west. Here he resided until his death in 1871. Six children were born of this union with Isabel Woods.
Isabel Woods was said to have had a handsome face and form and have been a great worker. In disposition she was mild, quiet and pleasant. She was born June 26, 1810 and died when her sixth child, Daniel Munro was eleven days old October 24, 1842 at their home in Bloomfield.
B. B. Munro married Mary Ann Woods February 15, 1843. Mary Ann Woods was the sister of his first wife Isabel Woods. Three children was born to the union and like her sister she had the same mild, pleasant, and agreeable manner. She was an above average as a seamstress also it was said of her that she could do two days work in one in spinning. And, as a girl, used to go out to work at this for farmers. She was a frail woman not having good health. She [inserted] b. June 2, 1813 died July 17, 1852. The father of Isabel and Mary Ann Woods lived in Oakland County near Farmington on what is now the (Botsforde farm 1908). Mr. Woods took up this farm from the U.S. government. He had a large family.
Bedent B. Munro married for the third wife Mary M. Huckins Dec 21, 1853. Mary H. Huckins b. on Feb. 19, 1832 d. June 1, 1865.
Bedent B. Munro married for the fourth wife Loretta Maplet Pain June 12, 1867. Of this union two children was born. A little girl died when two years old. and a son Burley Alford Munro.
Bedent B. Munro died on July 13, 1871 leaving his fourth wife a widow with a son four months old. The widow married a Christian man by name of H. Crandle of Novi, Michigan and then, after his death, she again married a Mr. Fisk of Pontiac, Mich. where she has spent most of her married life. She has other children by him.
Bedent B. Munro was an industrious careful farmer and a prudent man. He brot some choice horses with him from Canada. One horse the Rob Roy, an Arabian he raised and when four years old sold for $12,000 in gold which was a large price for a horse then. The horse was a trotter. When 19 years old it was sold for $15,000. Bedent B. also own a “mogan eagle” and a “celebrated farm” horse. They were among the best horses brot into Oakland County.
Bedent Baird Munro was a good husband and careful father: setting a good example before his children bring them up to love and respect the christian religion. He was a great church worker being deacon of the Free Will Baptist church of Southfield most of his life. He was about 5 foot 9 inches tall and weighed from 145 to 160 pounds. Had blue eyes and dark hair and a pleasing manner. He was noted among his neighbors as a peace maker settling many of thier disputes at that early day. He made a home for several needy children and also was ever ready to help the poor. He took care of his mother by her request in her last years.
He was an abolitionist, his sympathy and help was ever with the poor slave. One slave he found in Detroit, brot him home with him and changed his name from Adam Bogus to Adam Clark. The slave had light hair and blue eyes and was as fair as a freeman. You could not have told he was a slave by looks. When his old master came to Bedent B. Munro home after him he helped the slave to escape.
Bedent B. Munro was born in Schoharie County, N.Y. on the Schoharie flats. When he was a boy 14 years moved with his father, Solomon Munro at London, Canada on the Thames river. As near as can be learned he married Isabel Woods in New York and then went to his father's home in Canada near London on the Thames river. The first three children were born there.
The following paper was found in the old desk which is in the hands of James L. Munro of Novi, Michigan.
This may certify that Bedent B. Munro of this place and his family are moving to Michigan it is to be hoped all agents will let them pass. Mr. Munro has not taken any part in the late insurrection against the province to my knowledge. February 3, 1838 (Westminster) C. Hall I.P.
B. B. Munro came direct to Oakland County, Southfield Township 2 miles south and 1 mile west of Birmingham, Michigan where he lived for a short time and then moved to the old farm in Bloomfield Township … miles south and one west. Here he resided until his death in 1871. Six children were born of this union with Isabel Woods.
Isabel Woods was said to have had a handsome face and form and have been a great worker. In disposition she was mild, quiet and pleasant. She was born June 26, 1810 and died when her sixth child, Daniel Munro was eleven days old October 24, 1842 at their home in Bloomfield.
B. B. Munro married Mary Ann Woods February 15, 1843. Mary Ann Woods was the sister of his first wife Isabel Woods. Three children was born to the union and like her sister she had the same mild, pleasant, and agreeable manner. She was an above average as a seamstress also it was said of her that she could do two days work in one in spinning. And, as a girl, used to go out to work at this for farmers. She was a frail woman not having good health. She [inserted] b. June 2, 1813 died July 17, 1852. The father of Isabel and Mary Ann Woods lived in Oakland County near Farmington on what is now the (Botsforde farm 1908). Mr. Woods took up this farm from the U.S. government. He had a large family.
Bedent B. Munro married for the third wife Mary M. Huckins Dec 21, 1853. Mary H. Huckins b. on Feb. 19, 1832 d. June 1, 1865.
Bedent B. Munro married for the fourth wife Loretta Maplet Pain June 12, 1867. Of this union two children was born. A little girl died when two years old. and a son Burley Alford Munro.
Bedent B. Munro died on July 13, 1871 leaving his fourth wife a widow with a son four months old. The widow married a Christian man by name of H. Crandle of Novi, Michigan and then, after his death, she again married a Mr. Fisk of Pontiac, Mich. where she has spent most of her married life. She has other children by him.
Bedent B. Munro was an industrious careful farmer and a prudent man. He brot some choice horses with him from Canada. One horse the Rob Roy, an Arabian he raised and when four years old sold for $12,000 in gold which was a large price for a horse then. The horse was a trotter. When 19 years old it was sold for $15,000. Bedent B. also own a “mogan eagle” and a “celebrated farm” horse. They were among the best horses brot into Oakland County.
Bedent Baird Munro was a good husband and careful father: setting a good example before his children bring them up to love and respect the christian religion. He was a great church worker being deacon of the Free Will Baptist church of Southfield most of his life. He was about 5 foot 9 inches tall and weighed from 145 to 160 pounds. Had blue eyes and dark hair and a pleasing manner. He was noted among his neighbors as a peace maker settling many of thier disputes at that early day. He made a home for several needy children and also was ever ready to help the poor. He took care of his mother by her request in her last years.
He was an abolitionist, his sympathy and help was ever with the poor slave. One slave he found in Detroit, brot him home with him and changed his name from Adam Bogus to Adam Clark. The slave had light hair and blue eyes and was as fair as a freeman. You could not have told he was a slave by looks. When his old master came to Bedent B. Munro home after him he helped the slave to escape.