William Henry Sexton (1838-1908) was the son of Henry Youmans Sexton and Minerva Peat. William was born on November 23, 1838 in Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio. He married Anna P. Squires on May 25, 1864. The marriage took place at the home of E. M Potter in Ovid, Clinton County, Michigan. Ebenezer Nethaway presided. Anna was born in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio on April 13, 1838. She moved to Michigan around 1856 and was living in Ovid at the time of her marriage. Anna's last name also appears as Squiers.
William and Anna moved to Detroit in 1871, where they lived until they died.
William and Anna had no children together, but they adopted two:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, born in New York State, died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) Maud Minerva Sexton. (The name also appears as Maude, but her father spelled it Maud.) She married Carlton Seelye Shier on October 24, 1901 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Carlton was born January 24, 1875 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Carlton was educated in the public schools and was graduated from Ann Arbor High School. He began his career at the Detroit Free Press in 1900 as a reporter. Later he became a music critic, special writer, editorial writer, chief editorial writer, and in 1926, editor. He and Maud retired to Ann Arbor. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Maud and Carlton had at least five children.
William Henry Sexton fought in the Civil War as a landsman in the Navy. His grave includes a Grand Army of the Republic marker.
Anna taught school for a number of years before she married. William taught school in the Elsie area. He also worked as a photographer.
William died of tuberculosis in Detroit, Michigan on May 18, 1908. William is buried in Elmwood Historical Cemetery in Detroit. Anna Squiers Sexton died February 9, 1926 in Chelsea, Michigan at the Methodist Home. Anna is buried with William. Two other people without grave markers are buried in the same plot:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, the adopted son of William and Anna who died at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) An infant named C. S. Shier died of pyaemia (blood poisoning induced by pyogeneic bacteria) when just eleven days old on February 12, 1915. This may have been a child of Maud Minerva Sexton Shier and her husband. They did name a son born in 1916 Carlton Seelye Shier.
William Henry Sexton, like his sister Ellen Eliza Sexton , was a poet. A collection of his poems was published under the title Truth and Near Truth. The complete text is available as a digital download from Google Books.
William and Anna moved to Detroit in 1871, where they lived until they died.
William and Anna had no children together, but they adopted two:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, born in New York State, died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) Maud Minerva Sexton. (The name also appears as Maude, but her father spelled it Maud.) She married Carlton Seelye Shier on October 24, 1901 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Carlton was born January 24, 1875 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Carlton was educated in the public schools and was graduated from Ann Arbor High School. He began his career at the Detroit Free Press in 1900 as a reporter. Later he became a music critic, special writer, editorial writer, chief editorial writer, and in 1926, editor. He and Maud retired to Ann Arbor. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Maud and Carlton had at least five children.
William Henry Sexton fought in the Civil War as a landsman in the Navy. His grave includes a Grand Army of the Republic marker.
Anna taught school for a number of years before she married. William taught school in the Elsie area. He also worked as a photographer.
William died of tuberculosis in Detroit, Michigan on May 18, 1908. William is buried in Elmwood Historical Cemetery in Detroit. Anna Squiers Sexton died February 9, 1926 in Chelsea, Michigan at the Methodist Home. Anna is buried with William. Two other people without grave markers are buried in the same plot:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, the adopted son of William and Anna who died at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) An infant named C. S. Shier died of pyaemia (blood poisoning induced by pyogeneic bacteria) when just eleven days old on February 12, 1915. This may have been a child of Maud Minerva Sexton Shier and her husband. They did name a son born in 1916 Carlton Seelye Shier.
William Henry Sexton, like his sister Ellen Eliza Sexton , was a poet. A collection of his poems was published under the title Truth and Near Truth. The complete text is available as a digital download from Google Books.
William Henry Sexton (1838-1908) was the son of Henry Youmans Sexton and Minerva Peat. William was born on November 23, 1838 in Liverpool, Medina County, Ohio. He married Anna P. Squires on May 25, 1864. The marriage took place at the home of E. M Potter in Ovid, Clinton County, Michigan. Ebenezer Nethaway presided. Anna was born in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio on April 13, 1838. She moved to Michigan around 1856 and was living in Ovid at the time of her marriage. Anna's last name also appears as Squiers.
William and Anna moved to Detroit in 1871, where they lived until they died.
William and Anna had no children together, but they adopted two:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, born in New York State, died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) Maud Minerva Sexton. (The name also appears as Maude, but her father spelled it Maud.) She married Carlton Seelye Shier on October 24, 1901 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Carlton was born January 24, 1875 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Carlton was educated in the public schools and was graduated from Ann Arbor High School. He began his career at the Detroit Free Press in 1900 as a reporter. Later he became a music critic, special writer, editorial writer, chief editorial writer, and in 1926, editor. He and Maud retired to Ann Arbor. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Maud and Carlton had at least five children.
William Henry Sexton fought in the Civil War as a landsman in the Navy. His grave includes a Grand Army of the Republic marker.
Anna taught school for a number of years before she married. William taught school in the Elsie area. He also worked as a photographer.
William died of tuberculosis in Detroit, Michigan on May 18, 1908. William is buried in Elmwood Historical Cemetery in Detroit. Anna Squiers Sexton died February 9, 1926 in Chelsea, Michigan at the Methodist Home. Anna is buried with William. Two other people without grave markers are buried in the same plot:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, the adopted son of William and Anna who died at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) An infant named C. S. Shier died of pyaemia (blood poisoning induced by pyogeneic bacteria) when just eleven days old on February 12, 1915. This may have been a child of Maud Minerva Sexton Shier and her husband. They did name a son born in 1916 Carlton Seelye Shier.
William Henry Sexton, like his sister Ellen Eliza Sexton , was a poet. A collection of his poems was published under the title Truth and Near Truth. The complete text is available as a digital download from Google Books.
William and Anna moved to Detroit in 1871, where they lived until they died.
William and Anna had no children together, but they adopted two:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, born in New York State, died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) Maud Minerva Sexton. (The name also appears as Maude, but her father spelled it Maud.) She married Carlton Seelye Shier on October 24, 1901 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Carlton was born January 24, 1875 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Carlton was educated in the public schools and was graduated from Ann Arbor High School. He began his career at the Detroit Free Press in 1900 as a reporter. Later he became a music critic, special writer, editorial writer, chief editorial writer, and in 1926, editor. He and Maud retired to Ann Arbor. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Maud and Carlton had at least five children.
William Henry Sexton fought in the Civil War as a landsman in the Navy. His grave includes a Grand Army of the Republic marker.
Anna taught school for a number of years before she married. William taught school in the Elsie area. He also worked as a photographer.
William died of tuberculosis in Detroit, Michigan on May 18, 1908. William is buried in Elmwood Historical Cemetery in Detroit. Anna Squiers Sexton died February 9, 1926 in Chelsea, Michigan at the Methodist Home. Anna is buried with William. Two other people without grave markers are buried in the same plot:
(1) Charles Edwin Sexton, the adopted son of William and Anna who died at the age of 25 on March 17, 1891.
(2) An infant named C. S. Shier died of pyaemia (blood poisoning induced by pyogeneic bacteria) when just eleven days old on February 12, 1915. This may have been a child of Maud Minerva Sexton Shier and her husband. They did name a son born in 1916 Carlton Seelye Shier.
William Henry Sexton, like his sister Ellen Eliza Sexton , was a poet. A collection of his poems was published under the title Truth and Near Truth. The complete text is available as a digital download from Google Books.
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