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	Ann Barton Huntoon (Compiled from the book, "A House with a Heritage" by Michael Kelly, and information from many of Ann's descendants)
Ann Barton Huntoon was born at Champlain, Clinton, New York on February 8, 1828 to George Washington and Lucinda (Bowler) Huntoon. Ann and her family lived at Champlain, New York (a village five miles west of Lake Champlain, just south of the Canadian border). During the early 1830's, the Huntoon family joined the westward migration, settling in the state of Ohio. It is likely that the family lived for several years in the small town of Georgetown, Ohio in the Ohio River Valley. We do know that at some time during the mid 1830's, the Huntoon family moved north to Cleveland, Ohio's booming port city on Lake Erie.
In 1839, after a visit with one of his sons in Chicago, George W. Huntoon, (Ann's father) decided it was time to resettle again. Five members of the Huntoon family set out for Grosse Pointe, Illinois in that autumn of 1839. They included George W. and Lucinda Huntoon and their three youngest daughters, Emeline, Ann and Maria. Upon arrival in Chicago, George W. Huntoon arranged to move his family and goods by ox-team to their new cabin. After the Huntoons awoke the following morning in their new home, they removed the blanket from one of the windows and beheld a deer in front of the house, calmly chewing the bark from a maple tree. Ann Huntoon married Archibald K. Colvin (born about 1805 and died unknown) around 1844 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois. He was the brother of James B. Colvin, who was later the first general storekeeper in Evanston. Ann and Archibald had two children, Lucinda who was born on February 16, 1846 and Charles who was born about 1848. He died sometime before 1853. In September of 1852, Ann filed for divorce from Archibald. It was granted and on May 7, 1853 the divorce was finalized and Ann received full custody of Lucinda. In a letter at the Evanston Historical Society written by Emeline McDaniel, it states:
			"Mrs. McDaniel says that Archibald Colvin was a 'terrible scoundrel.' He died a long time ago. His widow became Mrs. Manser Thompson, now living in Mulliken, Mich. June 1901"
Ann did marry Mancer Thompson on May 25, 1853 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, just three weeks after her divorce from Archibald was finalized. Mancer was born May 25, 1830 in Olmstead, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Ann and Mancer lived in Ohio until December of the following year. They then moved to Mulliken, Eaton, Michigan where Mancer had previously bought some land. When they arrived in Eaton county, Ann was carrying her new son of seven weeks, William Thompson. Their first three weeks living in Mulliken were at the home of William Cryderman (whose son, Jefferson later married into the Huntoon family). Mancer started building his new home immediately. The house took up all of his time and money and by the time the family was ready to move into their new dwelling, Mancer was down to fifteen cents in his pocket. His health started to fail and his son died by the next fall. After their crops failed, they returned to Ohio for eighteen months so that Mancer could regain his health. They then returned to Mulliken to rebuild their lives. They lived in Evanston for three years in the late 1860's while Lucinda was a student at Northwestern University. Viola Reeling, in her book "Evanston It's Land and People", stated that in 1869, Mancer Thompson, "brother in law of Emeline McDaniel," occupied the old log school house on the Ridge. It had no longer served its original purpose, and apparently had been turned into a dwelling house. Around 1870, Mr & Mrs. Thompson returned to Mulliken where they lived the remainder of their lives. Mancer died July 5, 1909 and Ann followed less that a year later, passing away on March 24, 1910. They are both buried at the Meadowbrook Cemetery in Mulliken.
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