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Spencer Winslow, who died on his farm in West Bloomfield township, Oakland County, August 13, 1892, was one of the most prominent and highly respected men of the county. He was born January 25, 1810, in East Bloomfield, New York, and was a son of Stephen and Betsey Winslow, natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts, respectively.

Mr. Winslow was reared and educated in New York, being 27 years of age when he came to Michigan in 1837. He secured his land in sections 32 and 33, West Bloomfield township, Oakland County, from the government and always resided upon it. He made his farm one of the finest farms in the township, and was for years extensively engaged in stock raising. When he first came to this locality, as one of the pioneers, he taught school for several terms and through life was always interested in education. He served as school director and commissioner and held other local offices.

Mrs. Winslow married Salyma C. Norton, who was born in East Bloomfield, New York, and as bride and groom they came to make a home in the wilderness of Michigan in 1837. Three children grew to maturity, namely: Norton R., who married Ann Elizabeth Covert, of Ovid, Seneca County, New York, and has one son, Edgar S.; Mary Edna, who married Edward Steele, of East Bloomfield, New York, June 10, 1869, was made a widow on July 17, 1888, and then came to Michigan and made her home with her father; and William Lester, a resident of Battle Lake, Minnesota, who married DeEtta Hopkins, of Holland, Michigan, and has one daughter, Ouida Edna. The mother of this family passed away June 10, 1895, aged 86 years, one month and seven days.

Mr. Winslow was a man of unimpeachable integrity and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. His death closed a blameless life and removed from the township one who had always been one of its best citizens.