George Male

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Doraville Whitney was the first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy. His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned 1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm. In the 1860's most of the land in Remus was owned by the Old Settlers.

George Male/Mayle

Pictures Courtesy of Phyllis Lett-Sherrill, Marvin Lett

Barb Nelson & Jon & Sheryl Grimes

George Male

Cassandra Myers-Male

A. C. Mayle Family

Jon & Sheryl Grimes - Circa late 1890s

Michigan George and Clint were second cousins and second cousins once removed and the common ancestors, in both cases, are Wilmer and Mary Elizabeth Cockit-Male. Clint's parents are Adam Male and Mary Hill. Adams parents are James Male the son of Wilmer I and Adams Mother is Rebecca Male the daughter of Wilmer II (She married her uncle). In birth order, the children are: Leonard Calvert, Holly/Hollie, Earl/Earley, Preston Howard, Grace M, Ethel, & Cora B. AC & Ary had another son that was stillborn or died in infancy.

Cassandra Male

Bessie Male

Jeremiah & Heidi Male-Myers

Jeremiah (1870)

William Male was born about 1758 and died in the late 1840's. The family eventually settled in the early 1800's in the Cove District of what is now Kasson, Barbour County West Virginia. It is known from his Last Will and Testament filed in Barbour Co. in 1848 that he owned land. His wife preceded him in death. His will lists several children, among them William Male, Jr., born about 1804. He married Mary Ann Hill about 1828.

In the 1850's he took his family to Morgan County, Marion Township, Ohio, where William I lived and died. William Male, Jr. had several children, one of whom was George W. Male born in 1841. George Male married Cassandra Myers on June 17, 1865 in Morgan County, Ohio. Their children were: Cornelia Jane (Janie), Lincoln (Link), Mahalia (Hadie), Henry and Bessie. George W. Male died on the family farm on November 17, 1901, in Blanchard, Michigan. A few years later, the family moved to Portland, Oregon. Some of the family stayed there.

Cornelia Jane (Janie) married George H. Norman in Michigan and then went west with her family. Cornelia Jane had four children: Christella (Stella), Harry, George Lindley and Raymond. (See George L. Norman)


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There are "Old Settlers" who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and 1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe.