age 89

flag 1st Lt Co L 4 Mich Cav b. Orange Co., NY

s/o Thomas Lamoreaux and Abby Earl both b. NY
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married 22 Jun 1845 to Rachel Amanda Steward
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1907 History of Allegan County, Michigan
Illustrated
Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of
Dr. Henry F. Thomas


ISAAC LAMOREUX

ISAAC LAMOREUX, for many years identified with the lumber and agricultural interests of Manlius township, is a son of the Empire state, having been born in Orange county, New York, November 27, 1830. His parents came from New York in 1845 and took up their abode in Manlius township. With them were their eight children, all born in the state of New York, viz.: Martha, Isaac (our subject), John G., Hannah, Seth, Quincy, Ellen E. and Sarah J. Three more children were born to them in Allegan county, namely : Lyman, George and Elmer. Of the entire family there are now surviving but three: Isaac, George and Ellen E.
Thomas Lamoreux and his family settled in section 8, on a property two hundred and forty acres in extent and part of the original forest. Here they suffered the usual hardships of pioneers, having to depend almost entirely on their own resources for even the necessities of life. After the second year of their residence here they were able to raise the material not only of food but with which to manufacture their clothing. There being plenty of game and fish, their table was supplied without stint with what the present generation considers as classified among the luxuries; The Indians were very plentiful in those years in Michigan, but were fortunately inclined to be friendly. Thomas Lamoreux was a man of influence and good standing in his community, and was honored with the election at various times to the offices of supervisor, township treasurer and highway commissioner. His death occurred in 1862. As their name would indicate, the Lamoreux family were of French descent and emigrated to this country before the Revolutionary war, in which struggle they took an active part in defense of Colonial independence.
Our subject upon arriving at man's estate became interested in the lumber business and rafted considerably on the Kalamazoo river. Subsequently he turned his attention to agriculture, and owned at one time nearly all the land in and around what is now the city of New Richmond. The first farm consisted of eighty acres, fifty of which were soon cleared. The farm lay in section 8. Mr. Lamoreux subsequently engaged in the fruit growing interests, but now devotes his time exclusively to stock raising on a farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres.
In 1862 our subject entered the Union Army as first lieutenant of Company L, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, and rendered his service with distinction, being honorably discharged in 1863. In local affairs, those which concern the people at large, Mr. Lamoreux has always taken a lively interest, and the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens is shown in the fact that he represented them in many public offices, among which are those of supervisor, constable, moderator, moderator of school board and highway commissioner.
Mr. Lamoreux was married in 1866 to Miss Amanda Stewart and to them were born six children, five of whom grew to maturity, namely : Eleanor, a storekeeper and the present postmistress of New Richmond, an office which she has faithfully served for the last nine years ; George, Kate, now deceased ; Ida, the wife of Lesley Sherman, and Owen.
Mr. Lamoreux can well feel a satisfaction as the evening shadows of his life are growing longer when he -looks back over sixty years of residence in Manlius township and can know that his personal endeavors have added much to the material welfare of his vicinity, and in looking in the future that when the time comes to answer the call of the "grim reaper" he may feel that he is missed from his accustomed place in the community and that his name will be remembered.