Auston Selleck (1850 - 1876)

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Biography

Auston was born in 1850. Auston was the child of John Selleck and Delia Perry. Auston passed away in 1876.

From The History of Macomb County

John N. Selleck, P.O. Romeo, son of Jonas and Rhoda Nickols Selleck, was born February 17, 1808 at Middlebury, Genesee Co., N. Y.; about 1816, his parents went to Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y. Mr. S. went to Honeoye Falls, and there learned the trade of carpenter and joiner; in the spring of 1837, he moved to the place of his present home, on Section 5, Ray Township. He was married in the spring of 1841, to Lucinda M. Davis, who was born July 26, 1816, and died October 15, 1844. Mr. Selleck was again married, November 29, 1849, to Delia, daughter of Col. Norman Perry; they have six children -- Auston, born December 14, 1850, died February 17, 1876; Susan L., born November 28, 1852; Harvey, born February 15, 1855, resides in Wisconsin; Rhoda B., born April 17, 1857, married Bruce Rowley, and resides at Yankton, D. T. <Cathryn's note: Does D. T. stand for Dakota Territory?>; Hattie E., born August 3, 1859; Charles, born December 6, 1861, lives in Wisconsin. About 1853, Mr. Selleck commenced keeping a public house, which he managed twenty-five years, on temperance principles; he has been Postmaster for six years; he was a Democrat by inheritance, but since the organization of the Republican party, he has been one of its adherents; he acted of Chairman of the Committee on Bread, Butter, Cheese, etc., at the Macomb County Agricultural Fairs for more than twenty years in succession and was, by vote of the society, tendered a diploma for long and faithful service.^[1]

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Footnotes

1. ↑ The History of Macomb County: Containing ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers, M. A. Leeson & Co., 1882, page 873, https://books.google.com/books?id=OT8XAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA873