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M Luther Harvey

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1870 federal census, City of Monroe, Monroe Co., MI, images from Library of Michigan:
Harvey Luther, 82, M, Farmer, born Vermont, male citizen of US 21 years or older;
Mary, 73, F, Keeping House, born Canada, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth;
Harvey E.C., 35, M, Miller, born Michigan, male citizen of US 21 years or older;
Hannah D., 35, F, Keeping House, born England, f of fb, m of fb;
George D., 11, M, at school, born Michigan, m of foreign birth, attended school;
Edward E., 8, M, born Michigan, m of fb, attended school;
Luther S., 6, M, born Indiana, m of fb, attended school;
Calvin, 3, M, born Michigan.

History of Monroe County, Michigan: a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests, by John McClelland Bulkley, 1913, pg. 438-439, transcription from University of Michigan (on-line):
ST. PAUL'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The history of the Methodist church in Monroe is a long and honorable one...In 1817 Rev. Joseph Mitchell took up the work, and as the refugees returned and more were added to the American population, the church grew, until in 1821 it was reorganized under the ministration of Rev. John Kent, ... The membership of the church at that time consisted of the following persons: Samuel Choate, Elizabeth Choate, Isaac R. Parker, Mary Parker, Lyman Harvey, Sarah Harvey, Mary Harvey, Seth Choate, Ethel Choate, Abigail Choate and Philemer Westeleven in all and from but three families. The meetings of this devoted little band of Christians were held at the house of one of the members, about two miles west of the village, and the preaching services were very irregular...

American biographical history of eminent and self-made men ... Michigan volume, 1878, pg. 42-43, transcription from University of Michigan (on-line):
REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF MICHIGAN.
HARVEY, LUTHER, a resident of Monroe, Michigan, was born at Burlington, Vermont, in 1789. This sketch of his life is condensed from a very interesting memoir by Bela Iubbard, of Detroit, read before the Pioneer Society in January, 1873. Mr. Harvey's father, Joel Harvey, moved with his family from Vermont to the Genesee Flats, New York, in 1793, settling in a place called "B1ig Tree," and thence removing to Buffalo about 1800. At that time Buffalo had five or six houses only, built mostly of hewed logs. Mr. Harvey's father had the contract for carrying the mail between Buffalo and Erie, once a week, and Luther was the mail carrier; going on horseback when the weather was good, and on foot in bad weather, when a horse could not travel, there being no roads nor bridges. Mr. Harvey subsequently moved with his father to Pennsylvania; thence he went to Conneaut, Ohio, where his father suffered the loss of what means he had, and the fruit of two years' labor, through an adverse claim to his property. Luther Harvey was in Cleveland in the summer of 1812 when war was declared, and joined a company of militia for protecting the northern settlements. His company did valuable service; and, in the winter, he was detailed on commissary duty, and was also sent to carry dispatches from Cleveland to Fort Meigs, on the Maumee, then in command of General Harrison. In February, 1813, he was in charge of a train of six ox teams engaged in carrying supplies from Cleveland to Fort Meigs. When near the Huron River, he was met by an express from General Harrison announcing the defeat of General Winchester at the River Raisin, and the abandonment of Fort Meigs by General Harrison; and commanding roadsters to turn out their teams, and take care of themselves, as the British and Indians would soon be upon them. Mr. Harvey refused to obey the order, but found a party with whom he left his load and returned in safety with his teams to Cleveland. During the summer of 1813, Mr. Harvey was engaged in working a farm in the town of Huron, when Commodore Perry with his fleet came to anchor between Cunningham's Island and Sandusky. Mr. Harvey loaded a batteau with vegetables, butter, etc., from his farm, paddled out to the fleet, and had the satisfaction of finding that his supplies were just what were wanted, and of receiving a good price for them upon the valuation of the purser of the fleet. He furnished further provisions to the fleet on contract. He was an eye-witness from shore, though at a considerable distance, of the great naval battle of Lake Erie, which saved Michigan as a part of the Union. He put out next morning with another boat-load of supplies, not knowing who was victor; and, on reaching the scene of the action, saw something of its havoc, and of the means taken to care for the wounded. The "Lawrence," Commodore Perry's flag ship, contained the wounded of both fleets, cared for by the united help of the American and the British surgeons. After General Harrison's army had been transferred to the fleet, -having marched from the Maumee to a point of embarkation, -some of the Kentuckians desired to take revenge on the Canadians for their participation in the massacre of the Raisin. Mr. Harvey, against his wishes, was impressed into service to pilot a boat, containing hundred Kentuckians, to the Canada shore, and thence to Malden, where the public property, barracks, etc., had been abandoned and burned by the British. The party contented themselves with destroying the dwellings of one or two of the most obnoxious persons, and proceeded up the river to Sandwich, thence crossing to Detroit, of which trip Mr. Harvey gives many interesting reminiscences. The Harveys, at one time, determined to make Detroit or its vicinity their home, and Luther made a contract for a farm at Grosse Point with that view; but the death of his father led to its abandonment. He, however, carried on some trade in Detroit, bringing a drove of cattle there in 1815. In 1816 the whole family removed from their old location at Huron, to Monroe, Michigan, a small settlement which has since become merged with the newer town of Monroe. Here he opened a tavern, and rented a farm. His first Fourth of July in this place was signalized by an enterprise in which the men and boys of the settlement joined; namely, gathering up, and decently disposing of the bones of the victims of the massacre of the Raisin, two years before. Mr. Harvey, in 1817, and subsequently, engaged quite extensively in lake traffic and navigation, acting as boat captain a portion of the time. He was married, in 1817, to Mary Choate, a relative of Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts. In 1836, with a family of seven children, he removed to the city of Monroe, on account of its educational facilities, renting the farm which he then owned some three miles up the river. Here he engaged in trade, and also as builder and rail road contractor. In 1837-38, he was involved in the general financial ruin, with a debt of over thirty thousand dollars. He sacrificed his farm, except a few acres on the rear of the place which served as a new beginning; refused to take advantage of the bankrupt law; and, by industry and energy, added to his land until he was again the possessor of a farm, and had paid off nearly the entire amount of his indebtedness. Retiring from his farm some years ago on account of advancing age, he now lives at Monroe, the patriarch of nearly ninety years, in a green and honorable old age, with his wife of over half a century, and surrounded by a third generation. The article from which this sketch is prepared, says: "The life of Mr. Harvey, though it presents no feature of lofty public interest, is worthy of the attention of all who love honor and patriotism, and especially the pioneers of Michigan. His youth-going back far beyond our recollection-was spent amid the hardships and struggles of the first settlers, and in the volunteer service of his country. His manhood was marked by variety of occupation and fortune, and witnessed the growth and prosperity of Michigan. His age has been passed in the honorable employment of a cultivator of the soil, in that dignified repose which befits one a life of activity prolonged beyond the ordinary limits allotted to man."