Ephraim Huntley
Sept. 20, 1798-Oct. 1, 1881
Niles Democrat, Saturday, October 8, 1881, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Ephraim Huntley
Is no more. He quietly and peacefully breathed his last, on Saturday night last, at his residence on Yankee Street, in Howard township, Cass county, where he has resided for the past forty years or more. Mr. Huntley was born in the State of New York and came to Michigan some forty seven years ago. He was an intelligent, honorable, and honest man, and a democrat of the Jacksonian school. He lived to pass his 83d birthday which occurred the 10th of September last. He was possessed of a strong constitution, and bore his age well, both mentally and physically, until within the last few months, when he gradually began to fail, and within the past six weeks his stomach failed to perform its proper functions and refused to retain anything of any character, and the result was a rapid decline until he closed his eyes forever, loved and mourned by all who knew him. He was burried [sic] on Tuesday last in Silver Brook cemetery by the masonic Fraternity of this city, of which he had been an honored member up to the time of his death.
Niles Mirror, Wednesday, October 12, 1881, page 4, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library
Another of the old settlers, Esquire Ephriam[sic] Huntley, living just over the line in Cass county, died Saturday, Oct. 1. Mr. Huntley was 83 years old on the 10th of September last. He came to his vicinity in 1833. He was an honorable man in all his dealings, and although he had passed the usual age allotted to man on earth, he will be missed in the neighborhood where he has resided for nearly 50 years, and where his advice and council were appreciated. He was a democrat of the strictest school, and while tenacious of his opinions, conceded to those of differed with him a right to hold opposite views. He was buried in Silver Brook Cemetery, on Tuesday, by the Masonic Fraternity of which he had been a member for 56 years, and lived up, on all occasions, to the principles inculcated by the order.