FRED B. McQUEEN
For many years Fred B. McQueen has been a factor in agricultural activities in Brownhelm township. The fine farm which he still occupies and which he devotes to general farming and fruit growing, is the place where he was born and reared.
He was born there May 30, 1852, a son of Joel H. and Abbie (Betts) McQueen. His father was born in March, 1812, and died in 1891. His mother was born in Brownhelm township in September, 1818, and died in 1866. Her father Alfred Betts was one of the first settlers in Brownhelm township, and was the first physician and the first minister in the town.
Joel McQueen spent many years of his life as a sailor on the Great Lakes, also was captain of a vessel, but finally retired from the water and bought 112 acres of land and was engaged in its cultivation until his death. He was a republican in politics and held all the township offices and was a man highly esteemed in all his relations with the community. He and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. They were married in Brownhelm township in 1844, and to their union were born ten children, nine sons and one daughter. Those still living are:
Fred B.;
L. H., in the livery business at Vermilion;
Eber, connected with an employment agency at Minneapolis;
A. H., in the lumber business at Cleveland;
George, on a farm in Brownhelm township;
J. H., a farmer in Preble county;
D. W. a physician in Preble county.
After his rearing on the home farm and education in the district schools, Fred B. McQueen spent a number of years as chief engineer in the local quarries. After his father's death he bought the old homestead from the heirs, and has since made it the object of his intelligent management and productive enterprise as one of Lorain County's agriculturists.
In 1875 Mr. McQueen married Anna Savage, a daughter of William Savage, who was a native of England and a farmer by occupation. Three of Mr. and Mrs. McQueen's children are still living.
Milo W., now thirty-nine years of age, owns a small farm and also assists his father in the management of the homestead, and is now filling his second term as trustee of Brownhelm township, having first been elected three years ago.
Arthur is a successful physician at Amherst.
Abbie is the wife of Sam Hollingsworth and they live on her father's farm.
The family attend the Congregational Church and Mr. McQueen is a republican. Besides his work as a farmer he was called upon to fill the office of assessor for six or eight years.
(Source: A Standard History of Lorain County, Volume 2, edited by G. Frederick Wright, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910, page 894)
For many years Fred B. McQueen has been a factor in agricultural activities in Brownhelm township. The fine farm which he still occupies and which he devotes to general farming and fruit growing, is the place where he was born and reared.
He was born there May 30, 1852, a son of Joel H. and Abbie (Betts) McQueen. His father was born in March, 1812, and died in 1891. His mother was born in Brownhelm township in September, 1818, and died in 1866. Her father Alfred Betts was one of the first settlers in Brownhelm township, and was the first physician and the first minister in the town.
Joel McQueen spent many years of his life as a sailor on the Great Lakes, also was captain of a vessel, but finally retired from the water and bought 112 acres of land and was engaged in its cultivation until his death. He was a republican in politics and held all the township offices and was a man highly esteemed in all his relations with the community. He and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. They were married in Brownhelm township in 1844, and to their union were born ten children, nine sons and one daughter. Those still living are:
Fred B.;
L. H., in the livery business at Vermilion;
Eber, connected with an employment agency at Minneapolis;
A. H., in the lumber business at Cleveland;
George, on a farm in Brownhelm township;
J. H., a farmer in Preble county;
D. W. a physician in Preble county.
After his rearing on the home farm and education in the district schools, Fred B. McQueen spent a number of years as chief engineer in the local quarries. After his father's death he bought the old homestead from the heirs, and has since made it the object of his intelligent management and productive enterprise as one of Lorain County's agriculturists.
In 1875 Mr. McQueen married Anna Savage, a daughter of William Savage, who was a native of England and a farmer by occupation. Three of Mr. and Mrs. McQueen's children are still living.
Milo W., now thirty-nine years of age, owns a small farm and also assists his father in the management of the homestead, and is now filling his second term as trustee of Brownhelm township, having first been elected three years ago.
Arthur is a successful physician at Amherst.
Abbie is the wife of Sam Hollingsworth and they live on her father's farm.
The family attend the Congregational Church and Mr. McQueen is a republican. Besides his work as a farmer he was called upon to fill the office of assessor for six or eight years.
(Source: A Standard History of Lorain County, Volume 2, edited by G. Frederick Wright, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910, page 894)
FRED B. McQUEEN
For many years Fred B. McQueen has been a factor in agricultural activities in Brownhelm township. The fine farm which he still occupies and which he devotes to general farming and fruit growing, is the place where he was born and reared.
He was born there May 30, 1852, a son of Joel H. and Abbie (Betts) McQueen. His father was born in March, 1812, and died in 1891. His mother was born in Brownhelm township in September, 1818, and died in 1866. Her father Alfred Betts was one of the first settlers in Brownhelm township, and was the first physician and the first minister in the town.
Joel McQueen spent many years of his life as a sailor on the Great Lakes, also was captain of a vessel, but finally retired from the water and bought 112 acres of land and was engaged in its cultivation until his death. He was a republican in politics and held all the township offices and was a man highly esteemed in all his relations with the community. He and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. They were married in Brownhelm township in 1844, and to their union were born ten children, nine sons and one daughter. Those still living are:
Fred B.;
L. H., in the livery business at Vermilion;
Eber, connected with an employment agency at Minneapolis;
A. H., in the lumber business at Cleveland;
George, on a farm in Brownhelm township;
J. H., a farmer in Preble county;
D. W. a physician in Preble county.
After his rearing on the home farm and education in the district schools, Fred B. McQueen spent a number of years as chief engineer in the local quarries. After his father's death he bought the old homestead from the heirs, and has since made it the object of his intelligent management and productive enterprise as one of Lorain County's agriculturists.
In 1875 Mr. McQueen married Anna Savage, a daughter of William Savage, who was a native of England and a farmer by occupation. Three of Mr. and Mrs. McQueen's children are still living.
Milo W., now thirty-nine years of age, owns a small farm and also assists his father in the management of the homestead, and is now filling his second term as trustee of Brownhelm township, having first been elected three years ago.
Arthur is a successful physician at Amherst.
Abbie is the wife of Sam Hollingsworth and they live on her father's farm.
The family attend the Congregational Church and Mr. McQueen is a republican. Besides his work as a farmer he was called upon to fill the office of assessor for six or eight years.
(Source: A Standard History of Lorain County, Volume 2, edited by G. Frederick Wright, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910, page 894)
For many years Fred B. McQueen has been a factor in agricultural activities in Brownhelm township. The fine farm which he still occupies and which he devotes to general farming and fruit growing, is the place where he was born and reared.
He was born there May 30, 1852, a son of Joel H. and Abbie (Betts) McQueen. His father was born in March, 1812, and died in 1891. His mother was born in Brownhelm township in September, 1818, and died in 1866. Her father Alfred Betts was one of the first settlers in Brownhelm township, and was the first physician and the first minister in the town.
Joel McQueen spent many years of his life as a sailor on the Great Lakes, also was captain of a vessel, but finally retired from the water and bought 112 acres of land and was engaged in its cultivation until his death. He was a republican in politics and held all the township offices and was a man highly esteemed in all his relations with the community. He and his wife were active members of the Congregational Church. They were married in Brownhelm township in 1844, and to their union were born ten children, nine sons and one daughter. Those still living are:
Fred B.;
L. H., in the livery business at Vermilion;
Eber, connected with an employment agency at Minneapolis;
A. H., in the lumber business at Cleveland;
George, on a farm in Brownhelm township;
J. H., a farmer in Preble county;
D. W. a physician in Preble county.
After his rearing on the home farm and education in the district schools, Fred B. McQueen spent a number of years as chief engineer in the local quarries. After his father's death he bought the old homestead from the heirs, and has since made it the object of his intelligent management and productive enterprise as one of Lorain County's agriculturists.
In 1875 Mr. McQueen married Anna Savage, a daughter of William Savage, who was a native of England and a farmer by occupation. Three of Mr. and Mrs. McQueen's children are still living.
Milo W., now thirty-nine years of age, owns a small farm and also assists his father in the management of the homestead, and is now filling his second term as trustee of Brownhelm township, having first been elected three years ago.
Arthur is a successful physician at Amherst.
Abbie is the wife of Sam Hollingsworth and they live on her father's farm.
The family attend the Congregational Church and Mr. McQueen is a republican. Besides his work as a farmer he was called upon to fill the office of assessor for six or eight years.
(Source: A Standard History of Lorain County, Volume 2, edited by G. Frederick Wright, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910, page 894)
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