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Judson T. Wyman, a well-to-do and influential farmer of Oakland County, Michigan, residing on his farm of 100 acres in section 36, Pontiac township, was born on a farm in the town of Gorham, Ontario County, New York, May 4, 1860, and is a son of Moses and Melissa Ann (Taylor ) Wyman.

Thomas Wyman, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Massachusetts and lived in that State and in New York, engaged at his trade of carpenter. He had children as follows: Almina; Louisa; Moody; Hannah; Isaac; Moses, our subject’s father; Ezra; Charles; Mary Ann and Sarah.

Moses Wyman was born and reared in New York State. When the gold fever swept the country in 1849, he went to California, where he engaged successfully in the mining of gold for five years. He then returned to New York, where he purchased a good farm with the gold he had acquired, and followed farming until 1865, when he removed to Pontiac township, Oakland County, Michigan, and purchased the farm now owned and operated by our subject, on which property he lived several years until his death, which occurred in 1869. His wife, Melissa Ann Taylor, was a native of Clarendon, Vermont, and a daughter of Hiram and Ann Melissa (Walker) Taylor. They had four children, namely: Judson T., our subject; Charles E., who resides in Gaylord, Michigan, and is engaged in the lumber business; Sarah (Terry), who resides on a farm in Pontiac township, Oakland County; and Belle B. (Bailey), deceased.

Judson T. Wyman was five years of age when his parents moved to Oakland County. He has always been engaged in farming and has resided in Pontiac township, Oakland County, all his life with the exception of three years that he spent in Macomb County, on a farm of 100 acres which he still owns. He has been very successful in his agricultural operations and ranks with the best farmers in this township.

Judson T. Wyman married Florence A. Davis, a native of Pontiac, Michigan, and a daughter of Philo and Mahala (Vosburg) Davis, natives of New York. They are the parents of five daughters, all of whom reside at home on the farm and attend school. Their names are as follows: Mahala, Inez, Carrie, Anna and Bernice. Politically our subject was for a while associated with the Populist party. He was elected to his present position as highway commissioner by the Republican party. He has been a member of the School Board for 15 years He is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees.