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From the "History of Washtenaw County, Michigan" by Charles C. Chapman
in 1881:

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  Peter Kishpaugh was born in New Jersey in 1833, son of Jonas and Rachel
Onstead, of German descent.  Mr. K. was reared and educated in this
county, where he owns 280 acres of good land, located on sec. 35, which he
purchased in 1875.  He was married Aug. 27, 1856, to Ann Eliza Lambert.
They have 6 children-John L., George W., Sarah E., Mary, Ansel J. and
Albert F. Mr. Kishpaugh is a member of no political party.  He is giving
his children the advantages of a good English education.

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From the "Memoirs of Lenawee County, Michigan" by Richard Illenden Bonner
in 1909:

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  Peter Kishpaugh, who died at his home in the village of Clinton, Jan. 1,
1900, was one the honored pioneer citizens of Lenawee county and it is
but consonant that in this compilation be incorporated a tribute to his
memory and to his worthy life and services.  He was born in Sussex county,
New Jersey, June 3, 1833, and was a scion of families founded in America
in the Colonial era of our country's history.  His father, Jonas Kishpaugh,
was born in Warren county, New Jersey, in 1796, and his mother was a native
of Sussex county, that state; her maiden name was Rachel Onsted.  In 1849
Jonas Kishpaugh came with his family to Michigan and took up his residence
in Lenawee county.  He first settled on a pioneer farm in Adams township,
Washtenaw county, whence he later removed to Tecumseh township, where he
remained until his death, which occurred in 1873; his wife passed away about
1869, and of their six children the only one now living is Mrs. Jane Waldron,
of Tecumseh.  Jonas Kishpaugh became one of the extensive land-owners and
successful farmers of this county, where he held at one time 500 acres of
land, and he was a man who ever commanded unqualified esteem and confidence.
He and his wife were devoted members of the Baptist church and in politics
he maintained an independent attitude, though he ever manifested a lively
interest in all that touched the welfare of the community, the state and
the nation.  Peter Kishpaugh, subject of this memoir, secured his early
education in the common schools of New Jersey and was a lad of sixteen years
at the time of the family removal to Lenawee county.  Here he continued
to attend school at intervals, and in the meanwhile he contributed in
due measure to the work of reclaiming and cultivating the home farm.
He never withdrew his fealty to the vocation under whose influences he
was reared and in due course of time he gained precedence as one of the
representative farmers of this favored section of the state.  In 1856 he
became the owner of a farm in Franklin township, and he also purchased
another farm, in Manchester township, Washtenaw county.  He continued to
reside on the homestead in Franklin township until 1882, when he removed to
the village of Clinton, where he purchased an attractive home and where he
continued to be engaged in the buying and shipping of grain until within
a few years of his death.  The golden sunset days of his long and worthy
life were passed in retirement and in the gracious environment which years
of earnest toil and endeavor ever justify.  His widow still maintains
her home in Clinton, and it is needless to say that the associations and
memories of years here cling about her with hallowed charm.  Mr. Kishpaugh
was a man whose integrity and honor were inviolable, and thus he held as his
own the confidence and implicit regard of all with whom he came in contact.
His political allegiance was given to the Democratic party and his exercised
his franchise with intelligence and discrimination, as his was a strong
and vigorous mentality and one given equipoise by intimate association with
men and affairs.  He never consented to accept public office except that of
school director in Franklin township-a position of which he was incumbent
for several years.  He was a devout communicant of the Protestant Episcopal
church, as is also his widow, and both took an active part in church work
from the time of their early married life.  He was an appreciative member of
the Masonic fraternity, in which his affiliations were with Clinton Lodge,
No. 175, Free and Accepted Masons; Clinton Chapter, No. 40, Royal Arch
Masons; Clinton Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Adrian Commandery,
No. 4, Knights Templars.  On Aug. 27, 1856, was solemnized the marriage
of Mr. Kishpaugh to Miss Eliza Lambert, who was born in Palmyra township,
this county, Sept. 18, 1840, a daughter of Ansel and Sarah (Dillingham)
Lambert, both natives of the state of New York, where the former was born
in 1809 and the latter in 1813.  In 1833, about four years prior to the
admission of Michigan to the Union.  Ansel Lambert came to Lenawee county
and took up residence in Palmyra township, where he engaged in farming.
Later he removed to Lambertville, Monroe county, and finally he took up
his residence in Dundee, that county, where he died Oct. 5, 1882.  His wife
passed to the life eternal Feb. 6, 1899.  Of their eight children all died
in infancy except two, Mrs. Mary E. Wilkinson, now a resident of Kentuckey,
and Mrs. Eliza Kishpaugh, widow of the honored subject of this memoir.
Mr. Lambert identified himself with the Republican party at the time of its
organization, and he was called upon to serve in various offices of public
trust in a local sphere.  He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and
he and his wife were communicants of the Episcopal church.  Concerning the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Kishpaugh the following brief record is consistently
entered:  John Lambert Kishpaugh completed the curriculum of the Clinton High
School and is now employed in Grinnell Brothers' music store in Port Huron.
George Willard Kishpaugh is a graduate of the medical department of the
University of Michigan and is now engaged in the practice of his profession
in White county, Kentucky.  Sarah E., the fourth child, is now the wife
of William H. Darr, a farmer of Franklin township.  Mary Ellen is the wife
of Herbert E. Lindsley, of whom individual mention is made on other pages
of this volume.  Jennie, the third in order of birth, died Dec. 23, 1870.
Ansel J. is now employed in the hardware establishment of Taylor Brothers,
in Adrian.  Albert Frederick is manager of the Grinnell Brothers' branch
music house at Port Huron, this state.

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