Resident Here For 47 Years

RESIDENT HERE FOR 47 YEARS

Hannah Acton, who died at Saline Feb. 9. was born Nov. 7, 1829, in Oxford. Eng. March 25. 1854, she was married to Samuel Marken. The following May he came to this country to make a home for her. March 31, 1855, she came alone to join her husband, leaving all her friends behind, from that time forward her life was largely spent on the old homestead, until one year and 16 days when her husband was taken from her, then she came to Saline to live with her daughter Mary, but through all the difficult experiences, the burdens, the hard work and the suffering, she never complained, she was a good wife and mother. She had nine children, seven of whom are living-Mark Marken of Milan, Emma Head of Milan, George Marken of Ridgeway, Mary and Samuel of this place. She also leaves two brothers and two sisters --William and Alfred Acton, Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. White- all of Ann Arbor.